Sew long, farewell: A shock double elimination!
Poor Amanda was no real surprise - the judges basically wrote her off
halfway through the show, after she came last in the first two challenges.
But it was a close run thing for the second cull, with sweet rosy-cheeked
manchild Ryan losing out over Paul. Sad times. Ryan was possibly a
little bit too cocky about his corset-making skills, then made an unfortunate
Simon Cowell waistline kilt, with an overly risqué front slit. (Not one
for The True.)
The Pattern Task: My sweepstake guy, Lieutenant Colonel
Engineer Neil, stormed the corset task, suggesting once again that Mrs Neil is
quite a slinky dresser. It was also a perfect opportunity for innuendo
bingo, with much talk of ‘boning’ and ‘parallel boning’.
The Alteration Task: Eighties suits needed to be
transformed into something modern - not that the sewers seemed that happy about
being judged on fashion sense, as well as sewing. It was a tough task -
even May didn't wear her usual expression of stunned delight as she surveyed
the changes. Ryan probably managed the trendiest creation, a strappy,
wraparound top thing, but it was Neil (again), who won with his fuchsia
cocktail dress. Two from two...
The Sew-stopper Task: KILTS!!!! Och aye.
Patrick was even kilted throughout the show, in tribute/for inspiration.
(He doesn't have as fine a pair of legs as Mr Cad, but it was still a good
look.). I’ll leave it to the Scotsmen amongst us to decide on whether the
studded denim kilt is one for their wardrobe.
Garment Of The Week: Neil’s pretty perfect kilt
made it three from three. Patrick
bestowed upon him the equivalent of the Hollywood Handshake - proclaiming even
*he* would wear Neil's kilt.
Next week: It's the Semi-Final already and the
sewers tackle 'challenging fabrics' - leather and lace and PVC by the looks of
it. Let's not dwell on how many shades of grey we'll see.
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