<\/p>\n
\n Beth Eames, 24, studied engineering at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, before completing a DPhil in Mechanical Engineering. She recently began working as a mechanical engineering consultant in the health technology sector.\n<\/p>\n
\n The talented sewer has battled through 10 weeks of challenges to secure a place in the final of the show’s 12th series, which airs on BBC One at 8pm on Tuesday, September 15.\n<\/p>\n
\n Patrick Grant, Esme Young and Beth Eames of The BBC’s The Great British Sewing Bee, 2026 (Image: BBC\/Love Productions\/Neil Sherwood)\n<\/p>\n
\n Throughout the competition, contestants have taken on the programme’s trademark trio of tasks: a pattern challenge, a transformation challenge and a made-to-measure challenge.\n<\/p>\n
\n New themes introduced this year included Colours and Prints, Mexico, Literary Icons, Wardrobe Heroes and British Summertime Week.\n<\/p>\n
\n Among the more unusual tests was a challenge requiring competitors to transform barbecue aprons into practical bags, while other episodes drew inspiration from literature, fashion staples and international culture.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dr Eames has emerged as one of the strongest contestants, winning two Garment of the Week awards and impressing judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young throughout the series.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the semi-final, she earned praise for a green plant-based leather biker jacket, with the judges highlighting the quality of her topstitching and sleeve insertion.\n<\/p>\n
\n She first discovered a love of sewing as a teenager and has spoken previously about adapting clothes to suit her needs while living with scoliosis.\n<\/p>\n
\n Finalists Anna, Emma, Beth of The BBC’s The Great British Sewing Bee, 2026 (Image: BBC\/Love Productions\/Neil Sherwood)\n<\/p>\n
\n Dr Eames will compete against Anna, from North Yorkshire, and Emma Morwood, a classical soprano from Scotland, for the title.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a post celebrating her achievement on Facebook, St Hilda’s College said the Sewing Bee had been “an unforgettable experience”, teaching her about sewing, television production and performing under pressure.\n<\/p>\n
#Oxford #University #graduate #Great #British #Sewing #Bee #final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beth Eames, 24, studied engineering at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, before completing a DPhil in Mechanical Engineering. She recently began working as a mechanical engineering consultant in the health technology… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}