Refreshed from lunch and a lie down we were back in the sewing room for the transformation challenge. Gathered around a cutting table we were told that we had to transform men’s office shirts into _____. The timer started and I grabbed my two shirts. The first thing that came into my head was to make a skirt, that idea was probably fresh in my mind from the previous challenge, so I went with it!

I sewed two cuffs together to create the waistband and one side of each shirt to create the skirt. Thought I would be a little fancy, and have the buttons at the front at an angle. It wasn’t terribly exciting and was way too tight on the mannequin. So I was surprised that I came 4th. I think Esme liked the use of the different elements of the shirt.

So not a bad first transformation, glad I got that one out of the way. It had been a long day, we probably finished filming about 9pm, so it was back to the hotel bar from a well deserved drink and an early night.

“This is intriguing” – Esme