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Episode 4

It’s Reduce, Reuse and Recycle week, and the sewers create a quilted bag, use textile waste to create a new garment and give wedding dresses a new lease of life.

Taking on the fast fashion industry, the second most polluting industry in the world, Kiell Smith-Bynoe welcomes back Reduce Reuse Recycle week. First, the sewers attempt a quilted bag using scraps sandwiched between sheets of organza.

In the Transformation Challenge, the sewers come face to face with the idea of the mountains of discarded clothes created every day by the fashion industry. In 90 minutes they are tasked with cherry-picking items from textile waste to create a brand new item in a colour palette of their choosing.

Finally, in a Sewing Bee first, the sewers take wedding dresses and repurpose them in to an outfit fit for a party. They cut, dye and even paint the dress and produce a range of ingenuous garments.

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RoleContributor
PresenterKiell Smith-Bynoe
JudgeEsme Young
JudgePatrick Grant
DirectorIvan Youlden
Executive ProducerTom Davies
Executive ProducerRichard McKerrow
Series ProducerRebecca Cray
Series EditorCatherine Lewendon
Production ManagerFin O'Riordan
Line ProducerNina McIntosh
Line ProducerEuan McRae
Production CompanyLove Productions

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