Following the popular BBC 1 series ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’, The Sewing Studio presented an Isle of Wight version last Friday (29th March).
65 sewers flocked to the Isle of Wight Pearl near Brighstone to compete in creating a piece from various fabric and clothing donated by other Island haberdasheries and charity shops, in just 2 hours.
30 pieces were entered for judging with 5 awarded categories: Imagination – sponsored by Isle of Wight Pearl, Effort – Sponsored by The Stitching Elmers, Transformation – sponsored by Bayliss and Booth, Technical – sponsored by Style of Wight Magazine and Overall Sewing Bee Champion – sponsored by Singer Sewing Centre.
The sell-out ‘Great Isle of Wight Sewing Bee’ was held in aid of KissyPuppy – The Sophie Rolf Trust and raised a fantastic £423.
Karen Robb of The Sewing Studio and owner of Dornellie Bridal Studio says:
“Oh my goodness what a fabulous evening. Many thanks to The Isle of Wight Pearl for playing host and being wonderful again. I always love working with you all and Friday night was amazing.
“Biggest thank you must go to everyone who attended. Everyone made it a fantastic fun evening and I had a wonderful time. Congratulations to all the winners but to be honest everyone deserved a prize. The work in the timescale was outstanding and Patrick and Esme would be impressed”.
Karen approached the producer of the BB1 series to find out when the show was airing on TV so she could time the event to run just after the end of the series.
Rossanne Burfoot from Isle of Wight Pearl says:
“Friday’s Great Isle of Wight Sewing Bee was such a fabulous night. Many thanks to our award sponsors Style of Wight Magazine, The Stitching Elmers, Bayliss and Booth, The Sewing Studio and the Overall Sewing Bee Champion Sponsor who donated a fabulous brand-new Brother sewing machine – Singer Sewing Centre of Newport.
“It couldn’t happen without all the generous fabric and clothes donations especially from KissyPuppy, Anne Ginger, Isle of Wight Textiles and Earl Mountbatten Hospice shop Freshwater”.
