The Great British Sewing Bee series 1

The first series of The Great British Sewing Bee started on 2 April and aired for four episodes concluding on 23 April 2013. The series was hosted by Claudia Winkleman and the judges were May Martin and Patrick Grant of Savile Row.

Sewers

Sewer	Age	Occupation	Hometown
Ann Rowley^[1]	82	Housewife	Birmingham
Jane Lake	57	Retired School Photographer	Kent
Lauren Guthrie^[1]	27	Renovation Project Manager	Birmingham
Mark Sanders	41	HGV Mechanic	Derbyshire
Michelle Osbourne Matthiasson^[2]	35	Manager at Centrepoint Charity	London
Sandra Lavender^[3]	48	Cleaner	Wolverhampton
Stuart Hillard^[4]	41	Sales Manager	North Yorkshire
Tilly Walnes	32	Film Festival Project Manager	London

Sewer got through to the next round

Sewer was eliminated

Sewer won Garment of the week

Sewer was the series runner-up

Sewer was the series winner

Sewer withdrew

Sewer eliminated Best Garment Winner

Sewer	Pattern challenge (A-Line Skirt)	Alteration challenge (Neckline)	Made-to-measure (Casual Dress)
Ann	3	—	Crepe Wool Shift Dress
Jane	4	—	—
Lauren	2	—	—
Mark	7	V-neck	Cotton Colour Block Shift Dress
Michelle	5	Square Neckline with Lace panel insertion	Reversible Silk Wrap Dress
Sandra	1	Facing Scallop Neckline	Tailored Denim Shirt Dress
Stuart	8	—	Empire-Line Dress with Pleated Skirt
Tilly	6	—	Scalloped Neck Dress

Sewer	Pattern challenge (Men's Trousers)	Alteration challenge (Patch Pockets)	Made-to-measure (Silk/Satin Blouse)
Ann	1	Diagonal Checked Square Pockets	Fine Silk Cerise Blouse
Lauren	2	Gathered Floral Pockets	Silk Peplum Blouse
Mark	6	Skull Print Pockets (Angled)	18th Century Chemise
Sandra	4	Square Polka Dot Pockets with folded corner	Frilly Chiffon Blouse
Stuart	5	Semi Circle Red "Tulip" Pockets	Raw Silk Chinese Blouse
Tilly	3	Semi Circle Polka Dot Pockets	Shift Blouse with Red Piping

Sewer	Pattern challenge (Child's Dress)	Alteration challenge (Dart/Pleat Dress)	Made-to-measure (Jackets)
Ann	2	Fitted/Tailored Dress	Buclé Tweed Edge to Edge Jacket
Lauren	1	Dress with Pleated Skirt and Orange Belt	Fitted Tweed Hacking Jacket
Sandra	3	Fitted Dress with Red Piping	Softly Tailored Wrap Collar Jacket
Stuart	4	Side Rippled Dress	Boiled Wool Alpine Jacket

Sewer	Pattern challenge (Man's Shirt)	Alteration challenge (An Evening Bag)	Made-to-measure (Evening Dress)
Ann	1	Freeform Couching	Lace and Taffeta Cocktail Dress
Lauren	3	Sequin Zigzags	Sequin Gown with Asymmetric Satin Bodice
Sandra	2	Applique Petals	Teal Satin Gown with Plunging back

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers (millions)^[5]	BBC Two weekly ranking^[5]
1	2 April 2013	2.99	2
2	9 April 2013	2.95	1
3	16 April 2013	2.88	2
4	23 April 2013	3.09	2

^ ^a ^b Griffin, Mary (29 April 2013). "Ann Rowley's Great British Sewing Bee victory sparks new craze for crafting". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
^ Wollaston, Sam (3 April 2013). "The Great British Sewing Bee; Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams – TV review". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
^ Hallam, Katy (23 April 2013). "Queen Bee Ann stitches up TV crown at the age of 82". birminghammail. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
^ "What Sewing Bee's Stuart did next". Yorkshire Post. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 - Sept 2018)". BARB. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

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