I love students

I think I make a post like this at the beginning of every semester, and now it's time again.
But I really do love them. Lecturing and meeting students makes me happy. My body is in a bad shape now so my mornings are usually horrible, but still, seeing that at least some of them really appreciate the work I do is so worth it. Even if it's at 9 am.

Yay for the end of tedious tasks!

I have now locked all the pleats on the skirt for the Uvdal gown. The rest of the sewing will go much faster. Hopefully I can begin to sew the skirt and bodice together tonight. At least I will fit them tonight, with the trusted help of my dress dummy, the grand Sophy.

Except that I should be working on those lectures. Well, we'll see what happens.

Mwuahaha!

This gown is so hideously unflattering that it's funny. It makes me look twice the size I am and like I have no waist.
The cause of this is of course that the gown has no opening, so everything has to be at least the same width as my bust. If it was tight it would have looked much better, but I'm not arguing with weird medieval aesthetics; sometimes it differs quite a lot from modern ideals of beauty.