The Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant teases new theme for season 12
Plans are in the making!
The Great British Sewing Bee is known for its tough, themed challenges, but is equally loved for them by audiences across the nation, with no week the same for the group of amateur sewers put through their paces by judges Esme Young and Patrick Grant.
It is those behind-the-scenes who pull together the different themes, and preparations are already in order for season 12, coming to the BBC next year.
Last night (5th August), viewers were introduced to the brand new Korea Week, in which the 10 remaining sewers celebrated the rich fashion and textile traditions of Korea – and Grant has promised an even more exciting theme is to come.
"I really enjoy the international weeks because I really enjoy finding out about the kind of ins and outs of their culture and their clothing traditions," Grant exclusively told RadioTimes.com.
"And I think the audience really like it too. We've had some amazing ones over the years."
The designer added that the team have just finished working on the challenges for season 12, teasing: "There's another great one next year. It's a really good set of challenges."
Consider us excited!
This week, the sewers took on the jeogori, a historic Korean garment now seen in contemporary womenswear, and K-pop style for the Pattern challenge.
In the Transformation challenge, the sewers were tasked with creating Taekwondo outfits and colourful belts, before they moved onto the Made to Measure challenge, in which the sewers had to design evening wear inspired by the cheollik, once worn by military officials and now a symbol of modern Korean fashion.
"I've just had a long fascination with the culture and the aesthetics of Korea, and my friend Eudon Choi [this week's guest judge], was a very good customer of mine," Grant told RadioTimes.com of the inspiration behind Korea week.
He added: "He's a terrifically talented designer, but also just a really nice guy, and it took him about five minutes to kind of settle into his role as judge. And he was great fun on set. He got on super well with all of our sewers."
The Great British Sewing Bee continues on Wednesdays at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
