Sara Pascoe welcomes the four semi-finalists into the SewingRoom to celebrate the influences of Japanese design and sewing.For the Pattern Challenge, Esme has collaborated with aJapanese designer to come up with a kimono-inspired dress thatproves to be a brain-teaser. This is for a place in the final,after all.The Transformation Challenge is on a smaller scalethan usual, as the sewers take worn-out denim and apply theJapanese techniques of sashiko and boro to mend areas of wearand tear, enhancing it with appliqué and embroidery.Finally,their Made to Measure challenge is to fit an outfit to theirmodel which has elements of origami folds and pleats.
