Project Runway
And Sew It Begins
TV Flash files “And Sew It Begins” as the first listed hour of season 8 — Project Runway (2004–present) on Bravo/Lifetime, season 8, episode 1, aired 2010-07-29, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E01: listed hour 96 of 303 in the Project Runway guide, first listed hour of season 8. It aired 2010-07-29 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Finale, Part 2” (S07E14). Next is “Larger Than Life” (S08E02).

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Heidi and Tim greet 17 new designers--the most in series history--and break the news that the final audition is still to come when they are challenged to design a garment from clothes from another designer's luggage with only five hours. The pressure is on as the designers must work against the clock to wow Heidi, Michael, Nina and a special celebrity guest judge, Selma Blair.
Viewer FAQ
Where does And Sew It Begins sit in the Project Runway guide?
S08E01 is listed hour 96 of 303 — first listed hour of season 8, season 8 episode 1.
When did Project Runway S08E01 air?
And Sew It Begins aired 2010-07-29 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Bravo or Lifetime — does the move matter?
It premiered on Bravo in 2004 and moved networks while remaining a franchise pillar. Timed challenges, Gunn, Heidi's verdict are the grammar.
In the series
Why this series still plays
One day you're in, the next you're out, and Tim Gunn is murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. Project Runway turned designer panic into elimination sport — timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi's verdict, mentorship as the actual weekly drama.
One day you're in, the next you're out, and that is not a catchphrase so much as a crime-scene label on a workroom. Eli Holzman and Jonathan Murray's Project Runway premiered on Bravo in 2004, later Lifetime, remaining a franchise pillar: Heidi Klum as host/judge, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors. Aspiring designers, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, elimination sport. Gunn as mainstream mentor icon. Twenty-two seasons and counting in this pack, 303 episodes.…
Filed against
- Heidi Klum as Host/Judge
Heidi Klum hosted and judged Project Runway as the verdict in a fluorescent panic — one day you're in, the next you're out, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. Designer elimination sport, timed challenges, mentorship…
- Tim Gunn as Mentor
Tim Gunn mentored Project Runway as Mentor — one day you're in, the next you're out, make it work murmured like a secular blessing. Designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, a verdict in the workroom. TV…
- Nina Garcia as Judge
Nina Garcia sat Project Runway’s table like taste could end a week — 2000s designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi’s verdict, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. TV Flash files…
- Michael Kors as Judge
Michael Kors sat Project Runway’s judging table like a verdict in cashmere — 2000s designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi’s gavel, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. TV Flash…