Since 2022 Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, West Yorkshire has served as the new filming location for series 8 onwards of The Great British Sewing Bee.
[2][3] The show format is similar to The Great British Bake Off in that each episode features three challenges within an overall theme.
In the third Made-to-measure Challenge, the sewers design and create their own garments, and must adjust their patterns to fit human models.
The series was hosted by Claudia Winkleman and the judges were WI tutor May Martin and Patrick Grant of Savile Row.
The series was filmed at Metropolitan Wharf in London, with Claudia Winkleman returning as host alongside May Martin and Patrick Grant as the judges.
The third series of The Great British Sewing Bee began airing over six weeks from 5 February 2015 on BBC Two.
It was once again filmed at Metropolitan Wharf in London, with Claudia Winkleman returning as host alongside resident judges May Martin and Patrick Grant.
Joe Lycett took over from Claudia Winkleman as presenter, and Esme Young and Patrick Grant returned as judges.
[11] As with the previous series, Joe Lycett returned as host, along with Esme Young and Patrick Grant as judges.
Winner Three special episodes were commissioned as 12 celebrities took to the sewing machines in a bid to raise money for Children in Need.