Pattern challenges, THAT paper dress and life after Sewing Bee with Kit Giroux
Making Stitches PodcastShow Notes
This time on Making Stitches Podcast, I’m joined by Kit Giroux, semi-finalist from the 2025 series of The Great British Sewing Bee. In our chat, Kit talks about their sewing journey, from first learning as a child to rediscovering a love of making a year or so before appearing on national television. We also chat about what it was really like to take part in series 11 of The Great British Sewing Bee. Kit shares some brilliant behind-the-scenes insights from their time in the Sewing Bee sewing...
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