Overview

• Host Sara Pascoe returns to lead the competition after her maternity leave and appearances on the Christmas celebrity special.
• The 2025 season debuted on BBC One on July 15 at 9pm with a fresh cast of home sewers.
• Judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young have introduced new themed weeks, starting with a 1920s Week of plus fours and a Korea Week featuring guest judge Eudon Choi.
• The opening episode challenges sewers with a tie-front blouse pattern task, a circle skirt transformation and a pleat-focused Made to Measure dress.
• Twelve contestants aged 19 to 72 with varied sewing experiences will compete across creative, technical and transformation challenges over 10 weeks.