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The Great British Sewing Bee - Season 11 Episode 100 -
(special) Celebrity Christmas Special 2025
(special) Celebrity Christmas Special 2025
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00:00I know nothing about sewing, and I'm not the kind of well-adjusted person who might take up sewing as a hobby.
00:06So this may unravel faster than a hen without a backstitch, but let's find out.
00:11Are we all right, Patrick?
00:13I have a terrible feeling.
00:15About what?
00:16Like, we've forgotten something.
00:18I don't think so. We've taken care of everything.
00:21I turned off the tea's made.
00:22No, not that.
00:25We locked the sewing machine away?
00:27Yeah, yeah.
00:30Well, what else could we have forgotten?
00:33It's me!
00:37Welcome to the Sewing Bee Christmas special.
00:41Four celebrities have arrived at Sewing Bee's HQ in Leeds.
00:46One, two, three.
00:48Aiming for top marks in fashion.
00:51I think you'll find Craig will want that back rather soon.
00:53Well, he's not having it.
00:55They're undertaking three challenges.
00:57A Christmas present sack.
01:00Cheers!
01:00Fun fancy dress.
01:02Wah!
01:03I'm absolutely quackers.
01:05And outfits inspired by their favourite seasonal treat.
01:09So dessert's for the eyes.
01:10Who will get their groove on?
01:12All the jelly goes, all the jelly goes.
01:14Ooh!
01:15And who's slip-up...
01:17Disaster.
01:17Snaps.
01:18Will end up a fashion flop.
01:20Do you like it?
01:21I think you've definitely got the edgy number.
01:24Christmas has landed in our sewing room.
01:48Joining us for some festive fun are professional dancer and strictly come-dancing judge, Anton DeBeck.
01:55I love Christmas.
01:58I wish I was one of those people who would start buying presents in June, but I'm not.
02:04I start buying presents on the 23rd of December.
02:07It's not Christmas unless you're running around with your hair on fire.
02:10Going, ah!
02:11I haven't got any more presents.
02:12Oh, no.
02:13Best day of Christmas Day.
02:14Now you're doing Christmas Day.
02:15Comedian Lucy Beaumont.
02:17Christmas Day, there's usually some sort of argument, but nothing too major.
02:23It calms everybody down.
02:24We do that instead of playing board games.
02:28We used to do Guess Who, and now we just have an argument.
02:32Oh, my God!
02:34Actor and writer Susan Wakoma.
02:36Christmas gives a point to it being cold.
02:39I love big coats, I love, like, mulled wine, and then as soon as it's, like, the 1st of January, I'm like, where's the sun?
02:46And gladiator Tom Wilson, a.k.a. Hammer.
02:51I want to show people gladiators can sew.
02:54From jewel to the sewing machine, I can do it.
03:02Merry Christmas, one and all.
03:05Celebrity sewers, please come forward.
03:09So, I'm your host, Sophie.
03:15I'm pregnant, I'm practically the Virgin Mary, without the barn, the donkey, or the virginity, let's be honest.
03:21Yeah.
03:22Are you ready?
03:23I'm ready.
03:24So ready.
03:25It's that time of year.
03:27You're going to make some terrible life choices at the Christmas office party.
03:31You will, I think.
03:32I've got my eye on you.
03:33Yes, I will.
03:34I can tell, yeah, you're wild, I know.
03:36But until then, we're going to sew.
03:39Esme, what we're doing first?
03:41Right, here we go.
03:42Pass them round.
03:44Thank you very much.
03:45Oh, okay.
03:46We want you to make a Christmas present sack.
03:49It's got a band at the top, with a drawstring closure, and a lining.
03:56Lining?
03:57Yeah.
03:57Is it absolutely necessary?
03:58Yes.
03:59Okay, just checking.
04:00Cheating already?
04:02You'll find loads of coloured fabric in the haberdashery, and there's festive embellishments on the cutting table, with which to Christmas-ify your sacks.
04:12Because we know that Christmas is not all about presents.
04:16It's about the fabulous sacks that they come in.
04:18So, are you ready to pimp your sacks?
04:20I'm ready.
04:21Are you ready, Anton?
04:22Yes.
04:23Fabulous.
04:24Okay.
04:25Right, you've got two hours.
04:27Your time starts now.
04:29Now, here we go.
04:31As time is of the essence, the celebrities need to think fast as well as festive, when choosing both their fabric...
04:37It is a bit you, lad.
04:38It is a bit me.
04:40...and their decorations.
04:41That one.
04:44The leopard print.
04:45I'm very traditional, so I love this.
04:48This is Christmas.
04:48And if my children were to wake up with a Christmas sack like this, at the end of their bed, they'd be delighted.
04:55So, what have they got to do, then?
04:58We've asked them to make a Christmas present sack.
05:01Think how many presents will go in this bag.
05:05So, do you think the bigger the better than Esme?
05:07Yes.
05:08Fabulous.
05:08We could almost fit Esme in this sack.
05:10I was thinking that.
05:11That would be the best present, wouldn't it?
05:13So, a bottle of sherry and Esme pops out.
05:15Yeah.
05:15So, what are all the elements that they have to do?
05:18Well, you've got the outside of the bag, you've got a lining, and then you've got cords.
05:26They might not choose the easiest fabric.
05:28They might go for something sparkly and fun-looking, which would be tricky to sew.
05:31And then you've got decoration.
05:33It's important you express yourself.
05:36You express yourself through your sack.
05:43My job as a gladiator is being up there, knocking people down.
05:46It's pretty heavy-handed.
05:48So, pinning fabric is a challenge.
05:51I've never made a sack before, but I've made an oven glove.
05:56It's quite different, actually.
05:58Last time I went on the sewing machine was about 35 years ago.
06:02We used to make our own costumes.
06:04Basically, we love this.
06:06All righty.
06:07Come on!
06:09The Christmas present sack is made from four pattern pieces.
06:12First, the top band pieces are stitched to the top and bottom edges of the main panel.
06:19Then it's time to decorate.
06:22Next, the lining is attached to each top band piece, creating a big loop.
06:27A gap is left in one of the seams for turning out later.
06:32Then the sides are sewn, leaving a gap for the cord.
06:36The sack is then turned right side out, and the opening is stitched closed.
06:40Finally, two rows of stitching create a channel for the cord.
06:45The cord is threaded, extra decoration is added, and the sack is complete.
06:51Good morning.
06:52Morning.
06:53Cracking on.
06:54Have you got a plan for embellishing it?
06:56Yes.
06:56So, every Christmas, I spend it in Lancaster with friends of mine, and we drink martinis.
07:01So, that is what's going to be the embellishment on the front.
07:04Ooh.
07:05Yeah.
07:06She is certainly keen on a Christmas martini.
07:08Have you done any of this sort of stuff before?
07:11None at all.
07:11That's brave of you to come on.
07:13Well, doubly brave, because you've chosen a slippery sequined fabric, which is really hard to sew.
07:17It is really hard to sew.
07:18If you're right, that seems like madness.
07:21Madness.
07:21Well, I've made something for madness.
07:24Yeah.
07:26It sucks.
07:30Just name drop.
07:31What's Christmas if it's not a massive, clanging game drop?
07:35Clang!
07:37While Susan's gambling on sophisticated sequins...
07:40Hello.
07:41This looks good.
07:42I like leopard print.
07:44Lucy's gone for something saucy.
07:46Well, I'm going to tell a story, because my mum used to have a nightdress like that.
07:50It's meant to be, you know, when Mummy kisses Santa Claus?
07:53That song, like, a take on that.
07:55I show Mummy kisses...
07:59The inside of it is meant to be Father Christmas.
08:03It's a bit like your mum sleeping with Santa in the 90s.
08:09Good luck.
08:10Oh, thank you, Sophie.
08:11Fabulous.
08:13It's delivering up to sew.
08:16Right sides.
08:17Ah!
08:19Right sides together.
08:20Stitch, the top band.
08:21I'm absolutely terrified.
08:23My first step.
08:25Oh, this is exciting.
08:27The first job is to sew the top band to the main fabric.
08:30That's so cool.
08:32A gladiator on a sewing machine.
08:34This is just where it's meant to be.
08:35But the celebrities will have to hang tough.
08:38Ooh!
08:40As even delicate sewing has its own dangerous obstacles.
08:44Hens get in the way, don't they?
08:46They're moving with me.
08:48I feel like I'm on Coronation Street, you know, that factory.
08:52While this isn't a soap, there's certainly room for slip-ups.
08:56Careful of the sequins.
08:57Ooh, God, that's slipped out underneath.
09:00Especially with Susan's slippery fabric.
09:02The sequins are hard.
09:05Esme and Patrick went nine.
09:06Hello, Anton.
09:09How we doing?
09:09You look very studious.
09:11I have to tell you, I'm terribly excited.
09:13My children will love this.
09:15How many kids have you, Kyle?
09:16Two.
09:16I've got a boy and a girl.
09:17Eight now.
09:18Right.
09:18Which makes Christmas even more February.
09:20That is fun, isn't it?
09:21Do you dress up as Santa?
09:22Yeah, there's a photograph for me being Santa Claus.
09:24Right.
09:24Very thin, athletic Santa, aren't you?
09:26Well, I'd try to.
09:28Actually, I am also quite good at moving.
09:31I can do a twerk.
09:32Can you now?
09:33I'd like to learn some ballroom.
09:35Would you?
09:36Yeah.
09:37You go back with your left foot.
09:38So you go back, side, together, forward, side, together.
09:43I feel amazing.
09:44You look like a swan.
09:45You do feel amazing.
09:48Shall I quickly show you the twerk?
09:49Yeah.
09:50The best thing to do, Anton, imagine you're getting electrocuted.
09:53Let me give that a thought.
09:55Hang on.
09:55And it's like it's coming at you.
09:57Right.
09:58And his legs are shaking.
09:59And you're trying to get away, but you just can't.
10:02You're just searching.
10:03OK.
10:04And then all the jelly goes.
10:05All the jelly goes.
10:07That's it.
10:08Yeah.
10:09Yeah.
10:09Yeah.
10:10Ah.
10:12See you at the Christmas party.
10:13All right-o.
10:14Let's make some mistakes.
10:21Just like the wise men, you've got a long journey ahead and no sap.
10:26You're halfway there.
10:28Oh, my God.
10:29We're looking good.
10:30You've done this before, haven't you?
10:31No, I've not.
10:32Yeah, you have.
10:33Having attached their top bands, it's time for our novice sewing stars to stitch on their decorations.
10:40Sorry, did I say stitch?
10:41I mean iron.
10:43Martini glass.
10:44But even ironing might be a stretch for Anton.
10:49Don't go the wrong way around.
10:50How can I get the sticky bit on the wrong bit?
10:52Absolute eejit.
10:54I'm going for traditional Christmas design for my new nephew.
10:58My sister's had a lovely boy called Grayson.
11:00Well, I know Grayson Perry.
11:02Oh, do you?
11:03More name dropping.
11:04Yeah, name dropping there.
11:05I'm going to sew tinsel, so this is going to be the martini liquid.
11:11Oh, it's too fast.
11:13Watch your foot thing.
11:14That's a technical term, the foot thing.
11:16A pedal.
11:17I feel like I'm in a band when I do that.
11:19While Susan pushes herself in the name of glamour...
11:22Hello.
11:23Hello, hello.
11:24Lucy's saucy leopard print design is ready for a sneak preview.
11:29Do you like what I'm doing?
11:30Personally, I'm not sure that just a leopard print sack,
11:34that just, ma'am, screams Christmas.
11:38It's meant to be, you know that song, I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus?
11:41Oh, yeah.
11:42But it feels like it's gone a bit seedy.
11:47Wise men, how are you doing?
11:49Tired?
11:51Confused?
11:52Following a light in the sky that you hope is a weather spoon?
11:55You've got 30 minutes left.
11:59Currently sewing the lining.
12:01It's inside out.
12:02With the lining attached to the sack inside out,
12:05there's one input and step for the sewers to remember.
12:09And you must leave a gap in the seam.
12:11The gap enables the sack to be turned the right way.
12:14Oh, I've made a bit of her boo-boo.
12:16This is closed.
12:17But Lucy has sewn us together.
12:20It's all going on here.
12:22I'm going to unpick it.
12:24I'm about to pull this through.
12:26Yes.
12:26It looks a bit like when you get stuck with a duvet.
12:29While the other celebrities turn their sacks the right way...
12:32Can she do it?
12:33Will she do it?
12:34She's doing it.
12:37Brilliant.
12:38Lucy's left looking for an opening.
12:41Surely there's the technology to not have to do this.
12:45The need to invent a machine for unpicking.
12:47Tom, this is quite a sight, I have to say.
12:51Seeing a gladiator intricately sewing a pattern.
12:55So is this a hammer here?
12:56This is a hammer.
12:57This is to remind myself who I am.
12:59How tall are you?
13:00Six foot six.
13:01How tall are you?
13:01Five foot three.
13:02Let me stand up.
13:03Hey, my bum just fits completely just above yours.
13:05Yeah, it's really comfortable.
13:07I know.
13:07It's really comfortable.
13:08Can you just follow me around like this?
13:09I'm going to stay here.
13:10It's fabulous.
13:11I've finished unpicking.
13:13I might just have a break.
13:16I haven't.
13:17I feel like we've been here years.
13:19Hurry up, wise men.
13:20The baby's crowning.
13:21We've got 15 minutes.
13:24I'm trying to pull the drawstring through,
13:27and it's getting constantly caught.
13:29The cord needs to be threaded through the narrow channels.
13:33Last time I pulled the cord through,
13:34my children's swim costumes.
13:37In actual fact, my wife's swimming costume.
13:40We're nearly there.
13:41I think I can do this.
13:43But Lucy's still battling with her bag.
13:46If I finish it, it's going to be a miracle.
13:49Right, we've got ten minutes.
13:51Oh, my gosh.
13:52Now I'm going to tart it up.
13:54How about bells?
13:58Esme, I'm just adding to me.
13:59Lovely big boat.
14:01You know.
14:01You know it.
14:02How much time have we got left?
14:05One minute left.
14:08Terrifying.
14:09Keep it up.
14:09Fosse, fosse.
14:10Ooh, ooh, ooh.
14:11Fosse, fosse.
14:12Come on, come on, come on.
14:13Jazz hands.
14:14Jazz hands.
14:15So, so, so.
14:16Piece of the resistance.
14:17But...
14:18Get some bells on.
14:20I hear bells.
14:21Perfect.
14:22Oh.
14:23It's just awful.
14:26Needles of sewers.
14:28It may be the most wonderful time of the year,
14:31but your time is up.
14:32I could actually do one of them martinis, Susie.
14:36I know, right?
14:37The candle was homemade.
14:38Wow.
14:39Deep arts and crafts.
14:40That's great.
14:40And you've got bells on it.
14:42I like bells.
14:43That's really cool, isn't it?
14:44I said it a bit messy, but it's an actual sack.
14:48You can't be sure that he's coming around
14:52With presents in his sack
14:55Four Christmas sacks
14:58Packed full of presents
15:00Made in just two hours
15:03Look at you, sparkly lot.
15:06You look like a fabulous festive bunch of burglars.
15:09So, what do you think?
15:10Brilliant.
15:10All of them, brilliant.
15:12Bags of festive goodness.
15:14Mmm.
15:15It's a bad joke.
15:16Yes, I get it.
15:16That was good, that.
15:17Yeah, thanks.
15:18Fast.
15:19Jingle bells, jingle bells,
15:22Jingle all the way
15:24Oh, what fun it is to ride
15:27In a one-horse open sleigh
15:29Jingle bells, jingle bells,
15:33Jingle all the way
15:35Oh, what fun it is to ride
15:38In a one-horse open sleigh
15:40Hey.
15:42Hey.
15:43I think the candle's great.
15:45You've got little berries.
15:46I love the colours.
15:48Oh, and it's a red lining.
15:50That works really well.
15:51If I'm being nitpicky,
15:53Slightly misaligned at the side.
15:54A little step.
15:56But, put your draw chords.
15:58Those work.
15:59You hold it and tug.
16:00Hold and tug.
16:00Hold and tug.
16:01That's the way with this sack.
16:03Right, excellent.
16:05Thank you very much.
16:06Oh, I feel a bit emotional.
16:07I've had such a bad experience
16:09with judges over the years.
16:10You've been lit it down once
16:13And you've been lit it down twice
16:16But everyone knows
16:18It's just a glamorous and bold
16:21Pretty good.
16:25You pleased?
16:25Yeah, very pleased.
16:26We've got a Christmas message
16:28which is to your new nephew, Grayson.
16:31Draw chords are in.
16:32Yep.
16:33The only thing I don't like
16:34is gold decorations.
16:37Don't go with white.
16:39But, obviously trying to curry favour
16:41with this judge
16:42with a massive bow.
16:44And it's plump.
16:45How do you have time to make bows?
16:47That's the difference between
16:48gladiators and strictly dancers.
16:51They have time to make bows.
16:54Thank God I'm no longer a dancer.
16:55Well, cheers, Susan and your martini.
17:09I think it's a lovely idea.
17:10I like the fabric
17:11and it's great that you've sewed
17:14these sparkly bits.
17:15But the martini glasses disappear a little.
17:18Yeah, it does.
17:18I think you needed a bit more contrast.
17:20If they'd been a different colour
17:22they might have leapt out a little bit more.
17:24It's interesting that you use sequins
17:27because they come unravelled.
17:28Yeah.
17:29This stuff is really difficult to sew.
17:31There's a couple of little raw bits.
17:33Also gold brocade phrase.
17:35But I think it's a really good effort.
17:37Mega festive.
17:38Bravo.
17:40I saw mummy kissing Santa Claus
17:47Underneath the mistletoe last night
17:54Well, it's a murkier Christmas tale.
17:58A bit of Christmas sleaze
18:00under the mistletoe.
18:01Yeah.
18:02My mother.
18:04I was hoping for a bit more than just
18:06ma'am.
18:07I mean, there isn't Santa Claus.
18:08He's the toweling.
18:09Santa's the toweling.
18:11So it's a story we need to unpack
18:13with a bit more thought.
18:14Slowly.
18:15I'm not sure about this fabric.
18:18Why?
18:18Because it's brown.
18:20And it's not very Christmassy.
18:22Christmas puddings are brown.
18:23Well, we could throw a bit of brandy over it
18:26and set fire to it.
18:27LAUGHTER
18:28Seems a little harsh.
18:32It's a little bit untidy.
18:35Got these little raw bits.
18:36Oh, God.
18:37He's had a hard life.
18:38How come you didn't sew this in?
18:43Oh, you don't know.
18:44I think I was eating a toffee crisp
18:46at the time, if I'm honest.
18:47LAUGHTER
18:48When do we set fire to it?
18:50LAUGHTER
18:51The judges will now rank the Christmas sacks
18:55from fourth to first place.
18:57Fourth place, we have Lucy.
19:01It's a little untidy.
19:04And I don't like brown.
19:05LAUGHTER
19:06I wish she had told you before.
19:08In third place is Susan.
19:11The martini glasses disappear.
19:14Oh, OK.
19:15In second place...
19:17Tom.
19:20Nothing much to choose between them.
19:22You can be really, really proud of it.
19:24It's brilliant.
19:24Thank you very much.
19:25In first place is Anton.
19:28APPLAUSE
19:29It's fabulous.
19:31I love the candle and all the bells.
19:34Thank you very much.
19:36So you can bob off now, enjoy yourselves, relax and chill,
19:39and you come back for the transformation challenge.
19:42Off you go.
19:44Shall we have an eggnog?
19:45No, I want a brandy.
19:46Brandy?
19:47Well done, you.
19:49Well done.
19:50We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas,
19:57and I'm happy...
19:58Two, three, woo!
20:00Woo!
20:01Woo!
20:02What?
20:03Screen covered in tinsel and goes ribbit, ribbit.
20:07Mistletard.
20:08Ah.
20:08Mistletard?
20:09Yeah.
20:10Mistle...
20:10Toad.
20:12Oh, mistletoad!
20:12it all went swimmingly i have to say i mean this is my this is the best christmas i've ever had
20:21who knew bells would have such an effect you know anton's got his creativity hasn't he from
20:26his dancing so i perhaps could have just swayed it if i'd got the chords right it'd have been mine
20:32esme said she wanted to burn it she doesn't like brown but they did acknowledge that it was a sack
20:39i'm actually really excited by the transformation challenge because like what's it going to be you've
20:43got no idea like we'll cross that bridge when we come to it which is basically how i approach life
20:52that bridge has arrived sooner than susan thinks hatrick and esme are about to get the party
20:58started welcome back sewers it's now time for the transformation challenge which is where you take
21:06something old unloved and a bit knackered and you use it up a bit a bit like i've tried to do with my
21:11feet they still look like hocks of ham but now they look like hocks of ham you might win in a raffle
21:17which is lovely so patrick what are you asking them to transform this week on this day of christmas
21:23we judges give to the party where inspired by the 12 days of christmas we would like you to make a
21:35fancy dress outfit for a child think swans milking maids geese leaping lords etc right when we look at
21:46them we must know what verse you did and we want to smile immediately all right okay now the judges
21:55aren't allowed to be here for this they're going to go out probably eat some chocolates and put the
21:59wrappers back in the tin off you pop now the adults have gone you've got an hour and a half off you go
22:06all right that is cool i thought i've actually worn that with 12 possible characters to choose from
22:16our celebrities need to be decisive do you know what color swans legs are let me think about the last
22:22one i shaved if they're to transform their chosen garments in time this is a swan what i'm thinking
22:32i might just put this on the mannequin and call it a lady dancing i don't know all the 12 days of
22:37christmas i was the kid who was quiet and then shouted five gold rings
22:46so party wear into a fancy dress outfit inspired by the 12 days of christmas they could be quite
22:53literal it could be a swan or a pen or a drummer but it could be something a little more tangential
23:00as long as we can link it there are lots of birds involved there's lots of feathery fabrics
23:05that lends itself obviously to our feathered friends we have cut them a bit of slack because
23:10we've given them these base outfits that they can use as a kind of structure to build their fancy
23:16dress outfit around there's also wadding they can use so they could make something 3d right i'm off to
23:24see what my true love has given to me i'm your true love oh no that's tall i need lots of padding
23:35you know to go in it like filling what i'm doing three french hens we've got uh kind of like
23:42gibbly bits awful uh we've got like a bit of red we've got a little bit of this we're going to rustle
23:48feathers that's what we're going to do oh there's feathers everywhere tom how are you i'm covered in
23:53feathers but that should be a good sign to what i'm doing seven swans are swimming do you like the
24:00swan's beak i'm going to go for what else is going on then have you got eyes i had not thought about
24:04eyes i'm guessing the child will have eyes yeah because they bring their own eyes so i've got a goose
24:12here i'm doing visa lane hotel hotel hotel i'm absolutely quackers while most celebrities choose
24:23to make beautiful birds don't fight the sparkle lucy's choice what are you making uh udders
24:31udders you know the maid's milking is a little more niche have you done another before this is my
24:37first udder surfing right that's quite a good udder isn't it do you think yeah well it's going to be
24:42a cow are you confident you'll know this is a cow i mean it's not a giraffe is it you know your animals
24:51so far i've done a bit of stitching on the washing machine what would i say washing machine
24:57sewing machine that's about fits on my arm to be really honest with you
25:00that's my swan do i hear the word swan from over the other side of the room
25:07i've got bird competition anyway i'm creating wings
25:14right hello dear i'm just checking out what you're doing i'm just trying to get a few tips
25:18since you did win the first one i need to know what well you are yeah but we've moved on from sax
25:23so i'm i'm better where i start so as you're halfway through i've just sewed this with a slight
25:34opening gonna just stuff with filling while it's traditional to stuff birds at christmas if this
25:41doesn't say bird i don't know what does lucy's udders are having an identity crisis
25:45i am worried that this looks like a turkey and she's not the only one getting muddled we're going
25:53to be putting this tartan hood on my french hen susan's french hen has become a scot i probably should
26:02have picked something less scottish but it's cool hello it looks fabulous i think i might like this for
26:09the baby really i might take it home with me if it all goes really bad and you sort of have to lie
26:15yeah you'll just know because i won't pick it up at the end i'm just attaching patches in the udder
26:23to the cow look at that
26:27hey wow my daughter would never let me make her a dress like this
26:32i've just seen lucy's is that a swan it could be a swan no milking things nice excellent cows are
26:41milking
26:41oh hello cheeky lady do you like it interesting very avant-garde do you think yeah you've definitely
26:52got the edgy number thank you right so it's 15 minutes stress stress all the celebrities are rushing
27:01to add familiar features might make an egg geese are laying and lucy's milking it through live life
27:09dangerously i would like to make udders for the head as well i'm only going to need about 10 minutes
27:15and then i'm just going to cry in the toilet like christmas day really for susan
27:22bugger christmas is already by humbug i've sewed strips of embellishment over the beak
27:28i'm hiding the end of the beak which i really wasn't meant to do so i've got to unpick it which
27:36is really annoying well i'm having a lovely time making a golden egg a five six seven and a one
27:42i'm done too much fossing i said lie oh my god i'm attempting to sew the swan's feet
27:51and that is a swan's foot i put some leggings on the head and now i'm stitching the udders with no
27:58one else dressed like this you know they've got um so this again five minutes come on oh god no
28:05should we hang the egg on the bottom oh i love the feed it's that competitive gladiator i've got it in
28:13here come on i'm a bit worried i ruin it one minute you're running out of time that's stuck no
28:21childhood wanna wear this shove the eyes on celebrity sewers needles up i did it guys
28:29no bother as the scots say it's like beyonce if she was a hen imagine going out of the house dressed
28:37like this mama's got piles please bring your mannequins forward got a lot of birds going on
28:48not my lucy fantastic genius oh i know who my winner is you did the audience
29:08a collection of party clothes transformed into outfits that celebrate the song
29:12the 12 days of christmas judges you can take a break from wrapping my
29:18fabulous presents come and have a look esme and patrick having a clue whose outfits whose
29:24well that's quite a lot of birds ooh la la yes somebody's geese have been a laying
29:39what do you think this is well i mean it is very clearly a bird yes which of our birds is it is it
29:45it's not a french hen because it's got a tartan hat on although the french did like the scots
29:51yes well maybe it's got bird yeah i don't remember that one from the rhyme
29:58it's not the swan it's not a geese is it a calling bird i don't know but i'll tell you what
30:03this hat is brilliantly engineered look how great the fit on that hat is the feathered dress has been
30:12used to perfection i mean it does look like something you'd wear to a party doesn't it
30:18yeah i mean there's hints of pipers because they're scottish is it a bird is it a piper or is it a plane
30:24this to me is a swan yes size orange beak it's great how this orange matches this i love the way
30:43that they've used felt just to cut out bright orange feet this party dress has given us all the white
30:50feathers that we need yes it's really wearable i think it's a great fancy dress outfit love it
31:07this is maids are milking isn't it this is the cow that the maids who are milking yes are milking
31:12what do you think these are the nipples i think they call them udders but we can go with nipples
31:18i think this is very amusing i'm a maid milking it she can't resist i think the use of the fabrics
31:28here is brilliant we've just got a couple of judicious brown spots on our cow just to signpost it
31:35i love the little horns if they are horns the udders i just think are brilliant i mean this looks like
31:42a pair of leggings that have been somewhat crudely manipulated yes i've rarely been more amused
31:49by anything i've seen in this room that's the sound effect you need to make whilst wandering around
31:55in this costume but i'm not going to wear it you're lost i'll be wearing it anyway
32:09this is another bird which bird begins with a g and rhymes with moose
32:16goose correct that's what i think it is anyway again i think it's brilliant use of the feathery
32:21party frock the beak the eyes you get a lot of storytelling there any eggs you can see no what
32:28about the egg at the back what about this egg what did you think that was i didn't see it doing a golden
32:35poo for christmas yes it is laying a golden christmas egg i think there's some really lovely details in
32:42this it's great pass off to all of you this is an absolute christmas cracker i don't think we've seen
32:48transformations this good in a long while esme and patrick will now rank the festive outfits
32:57whose will be gifted victory and whose goose is cooked in fourth place
33:06it's that one with the tartan well that's susie's we really liked it but we didn't know what it was
33:12it's a french hen but the tartan threw you a little beret and maybe a string of onions or like a
33:18carrying a baguette anything french really
33:22merci in third place is our swan a swimming tom i mean that is seriously impressive loved it
33:32it's just amongst a menagerie of other brilliance in second place is
33:37oh that's lucy's oh my god i can't believe it did so well it's mad and that's why we liked it i just
33:48knew how to make udders sometimes you find your calling in life well done lucy which means in
33:53first place is our wonderful goose a lay-in
33:56i mean it was all a very close run thing you've created this wonderful shape but the crowning glory
34:07is its little egg what a day what a day i could rarely have ever dreamt of yes one again sounds
34:15too grand isn't it i just came out on top i couldn't believe that i came second don't think i deserved it
34:21from a technical point of view from a novelty point of view yeah i wipe the floor with everybody
34:28a bit disappointing i came third but to be fair just look at that lineup they were just all fantastic
34:34every time i hear three french hens i'm going to start wildly screaming or i don't know speaking in a
34:40scottish accent
34:53it's a new day and the celebrities must now make garments to fit a model
34:58nice to meet you how are you it's nice to see you whoever shines in this final challenge could
35:05walk away with the christmas sewing bee trophy in my head it looks great but whether that actually
35:12happens i have no idea hurry down the journey tonight welcome back celebrity sewers and hello to our
35:20fabulous festive models so today's made to measure challenge the judges would like you to create an
35:27outfit based on your favorite christmas treat mine would be a hot man wrapped in bacon
35:35you've got four hours and your time starts now
35:39put your arms up for me if you hold it on your waist and put it all the way to the ground
35:46i love food at christmas i cook it's my job i'll do the ham because you know i mean it's hammer
35:54i like a soggy brussel sprout but i feel like christmas is the time where i'm allowed to and no one's going
36:03so tell me why have you picked this challenge we all love a christmas treat true
36:07we've given them complete free reign they could dress their model up as a christmas put you know
36:12something that's literal or it could just be something that takes inspiration from their
36:16christmas treat we just want to be able to follow that story but they probably never done
36:23fitting on the body right that's going to be difficult as me what would be your christmas treat
36:29sherry it's quite sweet just like you as me
36:34sweet and alcoholic yeah
36:42oh the fabric's lovely isn't it right let's go good morning morning what is your treat something
36:50that i know it's going to be in abundance in my house at christmas which is champagne right uh champagne
36:56i wanted to incorporate old ballroom dresses something a little old school lovely
37:00anton's aiming for high fashion with a dress inspired by a glass of his wife's favorite
37:06festive tipple a fishtail skirt represents the base while a structured bodice will mimic the rim
37:12of the champagne flute the front is going to sit out and also i love all this stuff so we're going to
37:18use this in the glass as though it's champagne wow it's ambitious but i think if you pull it off it'll
37:25be a knockout hopefully cheers cheers nice while anton plans to toast his victory tom's hoping success
37:34will be sweet what's your treat gingerbread gingerbread oh you know i love gingerbread and you've got a
37:40ginger wife i have got a ginger wife you love the ginger ginger i know you know what i mean you're my
37:44favorite of course yeah but don't try and eat me i won't have that the base of tom's gingerbread
37:51inspired outfit will be a satin pinafore dress decorations include rick-rack icing a candy
37:58striped belt and an assortment of treats plus one final touch there's going to be a big boat to win
38:05esme over red is well loves about yeah i think it'd suit you actually do you know what thank you it's all
38:10yours if when it's finished yeah we'll see how good it is you'll know yeah you'll know right hilariously
38:18i need a nice pencil to make time come on
38:27it takes something special to win the sewing bee crown and susan's sewing a design inspired by the
38:33after dinner classic vionetta this is a ice dessert that i would have as a kid at christmas my mom
38:41would say serve yourselves and we'd be like stabbing it trying to get it all crunchy and get to the bottom
38:47susan's making an asymmetric mini dress with a base of satin white and brown organza ruffles
38:54represent the iconic chocolate and vanilla layers i'm pleating to create the frilly chocolate the key
39:01is to not make it look garish so it's elevated yes it's haute couture chocolate couture oh
39:14while susan indulges her sweet tooth lucy good morning fancies something more savory i'm doing
39:21blue cheese and onions pickled onions that's what i like to eat what time of day are you getting stuck
39:27into the blue cheese and pickled onions straight away before the presents i just mean from december
39:33lucy's festive cheese dress features blue overlay and pickled onion pearls with a cream cracker handbag
39:41borrowing a style from another era the dress emulates a wedge of cheese the 60s style lends
39:47itself to the shape of cheese i think the 60s and cheese go hand in hand also this is very clearly
39:53veiny cheese it's making me very peckish he's going for cheese
39:58see you but attaching the delicate veiny fabric is no mean feat
40:03the pink coming up it's stuck on the pin it's so wonky i'm going to unpick it what a shame
40:11although lucy's cheesed off the other celebrities careful i don't think it
40:16i'm ready for the first fitting yay how's that it's quite nice isn't it
40:22anton's champagne flute is far from finished this lovely fabric will sit underneath so it will kick
40:29out he's adding multiple layers well i wouldn't expect anything less than this sparkly affair i'm
40:36doing a little gathering technique what you do is you put a couple of rows of stitching in there
40:40pull and it starts together we can get a nice champagne effect so you love champagne and who
40:47cooks hannah my wife i do topping up and entertainment that's my role i just bring charisma and a speaker
40:54that's what i bring then
40:58yeah yeah go on thank you i love that you can come round i might well might even bring the frog
41:06bring the frock for me i'll have that if your wife doesn't want it of course you'll be a hannah
41:10all right yeah soda sod hannah hannah who merry christmas hannah
41:23celebrity sauce halfway oh wow i'm so behind while lucy races to catch up hey anton do you want
41:33a quick dance the other celebrities five six seven are kicking back turn one two three
41:44add the jump as well and the big finish thank you for that a show stopper is certainly on susan's mind
41:50couple up there i need massive volume of thrills but bigger isn't always better
41:57i'm hand sewing the decorations look at these big spades of hands
42:00it's well difficult i want lovely show buttons down the middle my needle is really getting stuck
42:07my hands are too big to get behind let me just bring it up a little bit
42:12well that's not even working either tom might be battling buttons but anton has to make an
42:17entire glass of champagne but this is the paper pattern for my flute
42:22oh god i don't know what shape uh let me have a little thing and he's not the only one
42:37i was making a champagne flute but maybe the coupe would have a bit more of a effect sorry my love i'll
42:44be with you in one second uh what do i want right thank you so i'm basically going with a coupe
42:56i mean sure there's a glue gun somewhere
43:00right i'm catching up it's a blue cheese i love blue cheese and pickled onion on a cracker
43:05i once got back from a christmas party and sat on the floor by the fridge and ate a whole wheel of
43:11camembert
43:16celebrity sewers
43:21you've got one hour oh gosh
43:24i think you'll find craig will want that back rather soon well he's not having it
43:28a little stab on the finger to join the many this is more dangerous than the gladi is tom has
43:37really gone to town on his gingerbread creation i hope he gets it finished i'm now sewing ice cream
43:44onto my dress as we go there's more and more material so it's hard to manage assistance is pretty
43:49complicated she's got all those layers she's actually still got quite a lot left to do these look like
43:55pickled onions i'm just going to use these as decoration lucy reads well as a veiny cheese and
44:01i really like the little pickled onions but it's simplest dress what anton wouldn't give for a simple
44:08slice of cheese disaster this is looking a bit like a shield at the moment anton is the most difficult
44:16it's supposed to be the flute of champagne with the froth but yeah at the moment it's looking more
44:24suit of armor
44:28it seems that somebody's eating all the chocolates i don't know who it is but what i could interest you
44:33in is 30 minutes left no i'm making a cheese cracker handbag which are going to be all the rage
44:44everyone's going to want one while the girls rush to accessorize headband tom
44:49has gone rogue ditching his needle and fixing decorations with glue and some heavy metal this
44:58is great work of an iron all right quick kiss on the hammer you know and we'll get there the true
45:05gladiator inside of me has got to come through and take the win but tom's not the only gladiator in the
45:12arena is it still too shieldy anton's model should fit in at a champagne reception not ancient rome
45:20maybe secrets could work oh no it's still too much of this i think it looks like richard of lionheart
45:26right you just need glue oh well the gladiator's nearly done you know my gladiator name
45:35the spike the spike how about if we put some of this on the outside it's like chanel
45:42let's try glue the back of that oh disaster snapped i need to put this back together how much time have we
45:50got five minutes cheeky geese a bit of blink do you know what i mean oh no if it falls down
45:58i'm gonna run out of time one two come on i'm gonna just uh handle that oh god that's stuck
46:06one minute my naughty little puddings panicking stress oh no just pinning gonna go through this
46:13buckle oh good this could take forever finish a nightmare let's see it needles up sewers it's time
46:24for the catwalk you'll think you're enough that's cool it's actually really cool this is christmas
46:31yes
46:45well i wish it could be christmas every day
46:51work work
46:55good job big hammer big hammer wow loves a bow got bow envy
47:25it's an absolute triumph i mean it really really leaps out at me that this is decorated gingerbread
47:32it's got very strong hansel and gretel vibes you've managed to pull off this amazing feat of making
47:39something that could feel quite novelty actually feel really fun and chic to wear one thing i just wish
47:45you'd put this icing right over the edge you've got half straight half curve half straight and also
47:51did you sew these decorations or did you iron them on stitch them iron some what did you stitch
47:59well i'll look there's ironed there's ironed there's ironed there's ironed
48:08i think they're all ironed but i do think it looks like a gingerbread and
48:15you've got a bow do you like it yeah i do it's great thanks so much
48:30how'd you pick don't you think we're out of style feels so right
48:37i like your pickled onions and i love this fabric it's lovely isn't it but it's puckering because
48:54this yellow underneath is longer than the top there it is a simple dress but the storytelling
49:01is absolutely bang on it's a literal cracker it's very distinctly 60s the pearl is reflected in the
49:08little pearl in the chain in the handle there's a brilliant label called mother of pearl yeah and
49:12amy powney who was the designer that was her sort of signature detail she needs to watch out she needs
49:17to watch out because there are pickled onion silton dresses coming for her it is a treat lovely oh thank
49:23you i remember a time when you dressed as a lump of cheese at christmas wedges of cheese yes
49:28rum and i've still got your cheese costume have you you're not having it back
49:45touch it stroke it and undress it i can't see every part nothing hides in the heart to hurt me
49:59i don't need love this perfectly reads glass of champagne there's a real elegance to it
50:07you've got the frothy what the french call the mousse frothing over the top of the glass
50:11i am not a hundred percent convinced by the shape it's really hard to make an elegant curve
50:19in one piece of material you just didn't have the time to do that now it doesn't take away at
50:24all from the fact that it's got tons of impact and tons of elegance the fit on the dress is fantastic
50:31and the way it moves that net at the bottom it's pure sort of ginger rogers business absolutely i love
50:37the frill it looks 3d that reminds me of the old days reams of netting and we've got all this froth
50:44you know i tried my best you've got glitter on everywhere in my hands my clothes but i i feel
50:50comfortable with the glitter when i don't have enough glitter on i feel i feel naked well it looks
50:56great thank you
51:08i instantly feel like i'm in trouble
51:21there's one thing i'm going to say let me know we've got this piece that's
51:40longer than the frill oh gosh yeah but i think it looks great you've done a lot of work thank you and
51:48how was it sewing those on as a complete sewing novice that was tough well you've handled all of
51:54these layers amazingly and left it feeling so light and fluffy it manages to feel like very very elevated
52:02evening wear while still being inspired by a tub of ice cream also this headpiece it's a bit like one
52:08of those triangle wafers you get on the top of a sundae there we go like it's the perfect shape
52:13oh i mean it's a dessert for the eyes it's absolutely brilliant oh thank you so much
52:21i think that i did my dessert all the justice in the world like i looked at it and i felt hungry
52:27i really like it and i would wear it and i'm gonna i'm gonna take it home i was concerned it was looking
52:33like a big breast plate but we've got there in the end be lovely to win but a bit lovely to win oh
52:39it'd be so nice to win something i am massively like a kid at christmas i cannot wait to find the
52:46result out just let me know quickly because i need to know if i've won or not and if i haven't won
52:51i still think i've won
52:55there's a lot of fabulous stuff here isn't there i don't think we've had so many amusing and lovely
53:01looking things i mean we've never had others for a start who's your favorite tom's is brilliant yes
53:08told the story it looked edible also i love susan's it's absolutely wearable to party we came into this
53:18morning with anton having come top of the roost you know he won the pattern he won the transformation
53:25today he was hugely ambitious he handled the dress beautifully bodice piece is a little bit
53:33cumbersome tom and susan are top of the pile yeah here having been slightly below there which means
53:43they're dead level in my head which makes it very difficult
53:46celebrity sewers you have been absolutely fabulous and it has been a wonderful time of
53:58year with you but there can only be one winner so the winner of the sewing bee christmas special 2025 is
54:07all of you absolutely brilliant
54:24i'm gonna kiss you oh god stop it out let's congratulations thank you wonderful well
54:32done thank you so much i've won and i never win and i must be delighted to win this is the best
54:38thing ever this is the happiest day of my life you've no idea what this means to me
54:47merry christmas this trophy is just gorgeous i love it i'm holding it up don't ask me to put it down
54:53you want me to do that don't you be normal absolutely no chance anton reached for the top of
54:58the champagne flute he didn't quite make it but what edged it was his ambition in that final made
55:05to measure he had the perfect day yesterday thank you thank you anton is just incredible attention to
55:14detail flair showmanship i'm thrilled for him the children are going to be absolutely over the moon
55:23which is makes it even more special i'm still holding this up by the way i don't know if you
55:28noticed i want to go deeper into udders because it came natural to me i knew what i was doing
55:35and the very lifelike i've not finished with udders i'd like to make a full cow
55:43the last couple of days has really got me in the mood for christmas
55:48such family being here being with the other sellers we were like a family and it's exactly
55:54what christmas is all about all together all having fun and just having the best time ever
55:59it's the most wonderful time of the year
56:12with the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of the cheer
56:18it's the most wonderful time of the year
56:27it's the hap happiest season of all
56:34there'll be much mistletoeing and hearts will be growing with loved ones i'm near
56:39it's the most wonderful time
56:44it's the most wonderful time
56:50it's the most wonderful time
56:59it's the most wonderful time
57:03yes the most wonderful time
57:07the most wonderful time of the year
57:16merry christmas
57:26bbc sounds has your christmas music all wrapped up pop classics to carols something for everyone
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