May Martin
May Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 or 1956 (age 69–70)[1] |
| Occupations | sewing teacher television judge |
| Known for | The Great British Sewing Bee |
May Martin (born 1955 or 1956) is an English sewing teacher and a former judge on the BBC television programme The Great British Sewing Bee for series one to three, 2013–15.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Martin attended St Osyth's College to train as a teacher.[5]
Career
[edit]Martin teaches sewing in adult education at Peter Symonds College in Hampshire, and taught dressmaking for the Women's Institute at Denman College.[5][6][7][8][9] When she joined the Great British Sewing Bee, she had been teaching sewing for over forty years.[5][8][9]
Martin was asked by the makers of The Great British Sewing Bee to audition as a judge for the first series, which was broadcast in 2013.[1] She left the programme after the third series.[4] She writes a column for the magazine Sew, starting in 2015.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit]Books
[edit]- May Martin's Sewing Bible: 40 years of tips and tricks on how to make your own fashion, home furnishings & crafts (2014, HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0007573042)
- Foreword and practical tips in The Great British Sewing Bee: Sew Your Own Wardrobe, by Tessa Evelegh (2014, Quadrille Publishing, ISBN 978-1849494144
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Interview with May Martin - The Queen of the Sewing Bee". FindCourses. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ Wollaston, Sam (3 April 2013). "The Great British Sewing Bee; Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams – TV review". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ Bennett, Claire (3 April 2013). "The Great British Sewing Bee: Episode 1". Tatler. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- 1 2 Corless, Blathnaid (9 June 2021). "What happened to the previous host and judge of the Great British Sewing Bee". My London. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "The Great British Sewing Bee, Series 1". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ Newall, Sally (6 February 2015). "The Great British Sewing Bee, TV Review: This is Bake Off with needles and thread". The Independent. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ Saunders, Sally. "A sewing machine is a power tool after all". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Seamstress lands a job on TV". Daily Echo. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- 1 2 Bussmann, Kate (18 February 2014). "Behind the scenes of Great British Sewing Bee". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ "Behind the scenes at The Great British Sewing Bee". Sew. March 2015. p. 19.
- ↑ Rooney, Richard (2 February 2019). "The craft event that's saving our stores". The Courier. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ "Meet the Queen Bee of sewing". Hampshire Chronicle. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2026.