The competition heats up when a challenge determines which contestants will go to Fashion Week. Included: Eliminated designers return to the workroom.

In Part 1 of the two-part Season 12 finale, the remaining designers journey home to work on their lines, with Tim Gunn paying them visits and offering style counsel.

Each of the final four designers (Uli, Laura, Michael and Jeffrey) gets a special visit in their hometown from Tim Gunn. It’s near the end of their process of completing…