Mirroring Suzy Bee Sews - Life So Strange It Should Be Fiction

Last night was my son's Valedictory! The night was just beautiful, with the storms of the past evenings holding off for both the service, and the celebrations afterwards. ~ One happy family ~ Valedictory began for the 2013 Graduating Seniors in the School Chapel, on the school grounds, with the service led by Senior Chaplain Fr Bryan Gadd ... ~ Valedictory Service in Canon Jones Memorial Chapel ~ The 2013 Graduands  then proceeded to their Valedictory Ceremony, at which the Headmaster presented each Year 12 student with a Graduation Gift and Certificate ...  ~ Jason being presented by the Headmaster ~ And then the Reception commenced ... ~ the Boys after their final War Cry ~ Some proud family shots ... ~ One proud Mum (in her new dress!!!) ~ ~ With one proud big sister (in her new dress!!!) ~ ~ And one proud Dad ~ Now, because this is a sewing blog, I feel I really must focus in on the dresses. First off, my Butterick 5917 finally seeing the light of day...

... and they are all just for ME!!! That's right, the first rule of this challenge is that one garment, in every month, must be for ME! Not someone else. Now this is a challenge for me.  Sarah Liz, from over at SarahLizSewStyle is hosting this challenge. It is a very easy-going  challenge, started this month, and has lots of great fellow sewers joining up. So, for the month of October, I will aim to make not one, but two dresses just for ME! First off will be a new basic dress for work, Simplicity 2247 in a cotton fabric.  But as well as this I would like to trial Butterick 5917 for a more formal look. My son has his Valedictory coming up in early November, and I would love a new dress to wear. Fingers crossed all goes to plan ... J