Behind the Seams: The perfect gift for fans of The Great British Sewing Bee

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From Swanky Modes and its place in fashion history to Sewing Bee and its place in our hearts, this is wonderful. Esme is over 70 now and has lived a fascinating and creative life, there’s just not enough pages for her to go into great depth but gives you just enough.

Such an interesting life and clearly a wonderful woman, thoroughly enjoyed finding out all about her life, family and Swanky Modes! I found that the need for sewing tips should have been put at the back of the book instead of in between the chapters. In the last series in particular, there have been some tantalising hints about her previous life as a designer for the avant garde Swanky Modes, so I was really looking forward to learning more.I am aware, however, that the home sewing fraternity has greatly enjoyed it, so perhaps the fault is in me! A celebration of a creative life lived differently, Behind the Seams is a reminder that it's never too early, or too late to pick up a needle and start stitching in a new direction.

Esme followed her heart and lived a rebel with a cause life, supported by so many people along the way that also shared in her enthusiasm and dreams. It documents key times, and it documents the highlights of those, all the positive things for example, about four women working together, managing families and other commitments, doing it for the love of clothes and not for the money. To see Esme becoming a TV star in her 70’s and being a mentor and inspiration to sewers is really wonderful . Lots of name dropping of who she had met, partied with etc, I was not impressed, don't feel I got to know her at all. What a character, the people she has worked with in the fashion and film industry was mind blowing, as well as partying with so many celebrities.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The ’90s saw a career move into costumes for films, where she designed outfits for Trainspotting, Bridget Jones’s Diary and The Beach, before she moved onto the small screen herself.

Esme is an inspiration, not just because of her career, but also in the way she is 100% her authentic self - what you see is what you get, zero f’s given!As a result this book was an amazing insight into a life that I would have loved to have lived had I the flare or basic artistic skill. I am quite nosey about people and it interests me to find out how people have arrived where they are and that's how I decided to read this book.

She is not only innovative, courageous and radical, but she's also kind, generous and gives credit where credit is due. Her cheeky wit and flare for the unusual explain the transformation challenges in the show but also show her dedication to being one step ahead of the trend.I love The sewing Bee, and love Esme Young who is a judge on the program, but the book was disappointing. A list of what things she had done and I did not consider it self effacing at all as others have described it. From adventures at Central Saint Martins to The Great British Sewing Bee , go behind the scenes of Esme Young's amazing life.