Luke beat Pascha and Ailsa in Wednesday’s final, which saw contestants tasked with creating opera gloves for the red carpet, and transforming decorations into a party garment. The Manchester-born contestant made it through 10 weeks of sewing challenges to be named Britain’s best amateur sewer, winning garment of the week for their loungewear in diva week. Luke said: “I can’t believe that I have won.
It still feels absolutely wild to have produced all that sewing, and still have so much fun with all the other sewing bees. “That was really important to me how much we supported with each other and bonded. I didn’t know if I would make it through each week, let alone winning the series.
” Their win was welcomed by judge Esme Young, who said they were “so creative and imaginative” and got “better and better” as the series went on, she added she was “really happy” they had won. Her fellow judge, Patrick Grant added: “Fantastic, well done. Every single one of Luke’s made-to-measures have been full of ambition.
“Today we saw skill, we saw drama and an absolute flare for making clothes that really catch the eye. They are such a wonderful winner.” The Great British Sewing Bee began with 12 contestants, with one eliminated each week until the final, where three remained.
There have been 10 series of the programme, which is currently presented by Kiell Smith-Bynoe. Speaking on the programme after they won, Luke said they were “proud of myself”. They s.