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feather_ghyllI apologise for not having posted, but I didn't think anyone would care about how slipshod I thought Sally Baxter Girl Reporter - On Location was, or that I kept missing last week's Davis Cup tennis.
I have been keeping up with The Great British Sewing Bee, however. The final was last night. Going back to the one before the quarter finals, Lorna won something! I was so pleased for her.
While watching the QFs, I forgot that there was going to be a double elimination at the end, and that someone other than Amanda was in danger (every time she said she was going to try something different, you knew she was marching into dangerous territory.) I haven’t said it before, but I think Deborah is as cute as a button, and she turned out to be the best female sewer as Lorna struggled through structure week, which was mainly about the men, with Neil being in clover doing the kilt and the return of nervy Ryan.
The semis involved difficult fabrics and another double elimination. It quickly became apparent that Paul was going to go, not that he was terrible, just that he was the weakest, and the sleeves disaster in the transformation challenge was the final straw. The question of who would join him was more puzzling. (I wouldn’t have expected Matt to make it to the final from the very beginning!) I am a little sad that Deborah didn’t make it. I’d warmed to her and her big eyes, sharing her penchant for turquoise and being so pleased that she’d won one thing.
The softer and colourful shades, not to mention Neil’s collar made me seriously covet a leather jacket.
Last night’s finals had a real shock twist up its sleeve. The first round went as expected, with Neil, well, the men, grasping the construction, although there was a point where I thought that anyone who fashioned a garment would win it. It’s such a nice show – where they can show the contestants helping each other. Although Neil’s top was clearly the best, I didn’t like the pattern, but then the other two struggled with their choice of fabric.
It was in the alteration round that everything changed! Neil had said he was going to play it safe, and then proceeded to do the opposite, jettisoning the ‘wearable’ part of the brief for no good reason. The other two produced something much better (and Lorna won!)
As the judges observed, we went into the last round and it was all much more open than I’d expected. It just goes to show that in the final, you can win it on the final garment. They had time to prepare, didn’t they, and I thought Matt was the most prepared of them. As the garments proceeded – although the mix of skirt lengths that Lorna produced was very now, unfortunately, and Neil’s concept reminded me of some high fashion Star Wars prints, although I don’t remember the fashion house behind them, things they hadn’t thought of kept cropping up. Especially for Neil, and it was a shame, because you could see that the inspiration for the dress was personal, but choice of fabric, of all things, tripped him up. Lorna stumbled a little on a few things about the production, and I tended to agree with May about the tulle – the material used for the belt might have been better. Meanwhile Matt carried right on, with the dress he was creating coming together rather beautifully. So, based purely on the final dress, to my surprise, I was rooting for him to win.
Ah, Lorna, beaten to second place by a man. Fitting, really, but the identity of the man was a real surprise.
(I was amused that he didn’t even try to pretend to be surprised at the model’s identity. His wife’s height may have given it away, but there’s also the fact that they did it the year before.)
I have been keeping up with The Great British Sewing Bee, however. The final was last night. Going back to the one before the quarter finals, Lorna won something! I was so pleased for her.
While watching the QFs, I forgot that there was going to be a double elimination at the end, and that someone other than Amanda was in danger (every time she said she was going to try something different, you knew she was marching into dangerous territory.) I haven’t said it before, but I think Deborah is as cute as a button, and she turned out to be the best female sewer as Lorna struggled through structure week, which was mainly about the men, with Neil being in clover doing the kilt and the return of nervy Ryan.
The semis involved difficult fabrics and another double elimination. It quickly became apparent that Paul was going to go, not that he was terrible, just that he was the weakest, and the sleeves disaster in the transformation challenge was the final straw. The question of who would join him was more puzzling. (I wouldn’t have expected Matt to make it to the final from the very beginning!) I am a little sad that Deborah didn’t make it. I’d warmed to her and her big eyes, sharing her penchant for turquoise and being so pleased that she’d won one thing.
The softer and colourful shades, not to mention Neil’s collar made me seriously covet a leather jacket.
Last night’s finals had a real shock twist up its sleeve. The first round went as expected, with Neil, well, the men, grasping the construction, although there was a point where I thought that anyone who fashioned a garment would win it. It’s such a nice show – where they can show the contestants helping each other. Although Neil’s top was clearly the best, I didn’t like the pattern, but then the other two struggled with their choice of fabric.
It was in the alteration round that everything changed! Neil had said he was going to play it safe, and then proceeded to do the opposite, jettisoning the ‘wearable’ part of the brief for no good reason. The other two produced something much better (and Lorna won!)
As the judges observed, we went into the last round and it was all much more open than I’d expected. It just goes to show that in the final, you can win it on the final garment. They had time to prepare, didn’t they, and I thought Matt was the most prepared of them. As the garments proceeded – although the mix of skirt lengths that Lorna produced was very now, unfortunately, and Neil’s concept reminded me of some high fashion Star Wars prints, although I don’t remember the fashion house behind them, things they hadn’t thought of kept cropping up. Especially for Neil, and it was a shame, because you could see that the inspiration for the dress was personal, but choice of fabric, of all things, tripped him up. Lorna stumbled a little on a few things about the production, and I tended to agree with May about the tulle – the material used for the belt might have been better. Meanwhile Matt carried right on, with the dress he was creating coming together rather beautifully. So, based purely on the final dress, to my surprise, I was rooting for him to win.
Ah, Lorna, beaten to second place by a man. Fitting, really, but the identity of the man was a real surprise.
(I was amused that he didn’t even try to pretend to be surprised at the model’s identity. His wife’s height may have given it away, but there’s also the fact that they did it the year before.)
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Date: 2015-03-19 12:57 pm (UTC)Thought you might like to know I've linked to your "Katherine at Feather Ghyll" review in my most recent post (https://booksandpictures.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/elizabeth-of-the-garret-theatre-and-backstage-with-peggy-books-137-and-138). Don't mean to spam, but thought you might be interested.
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Date: 2015-03-22 07:33 am (UTC)Thank you for letting me know about the review - I'm not so thoughtful when I link to people.