So true, I also think its harder to make something as a commission for someone else, the standards are obv way higher! c':

I'm good at delivering a finished product that looks good, to my family and friends etc it looks great and finished, but only I'd know about the many little unpolished bits that I've expertly hidden haha

If I'd have to deliver the same thing for a paying customer I'd drown in self-made stress that it all has to be perfect and it would surely take away part of the joy I get from building/creating. I'm a bit messy with my work and like to try out different techniques and ideas, often I change my mind or get a new idea of approach halfway through xD

Sticking to a timeline would be disastrous for me too

Aww sounds like a really pretty thing, a jewellery collection. Pity you had to cancel cause that'd been good advertisement too c':

One of the things I would be interested in developing and maybe selling is patterns. Cosplayers that are good in constructing their pieces or have a nice interpretation of a certain design can make a lot of good sales from pouring their constructing into an easy to follow pattern.

People usually underestimate how much work goes into crafting of any kind. I spent days on my Rakan cape and my parents would walk by the table now and then and just balk like 'how are you still working on this thing?? When will you consider it finished??'

When its finished and no sooner mother! Leave me to my self-torture in peace c':

I've bought patterns and books even from cosplayers whose methods I really admire and know I can learn a lot from.

I'm usually puzzled by how many people look for patterns or tutorials for some (imo) really simple things though. I can understand a specific or unusual shaped outfit but..So many people don't seem to know how to sew basic tops and pants for example? Maybe I should throw my go-to sewing patterns onto Etsy or such haha

I have a machine, but actually I've found I really prefer hand sewing! Like my entire cape was sewn by hand. It obviously takes far longer but hand sewing is almost therapeutic for me c:

I eye-ball my patterns. Just get all my measurements necessary and streamline the pieces on pattern paper. So far it's always come out perfectly, with only rarely a minor mislength of fabric that I can easily tuck in and sew shut on the inside of the clothing so nothing is visible on the outside :P

Personally I find you can always use an existing piece or pattern as a guide for what you're making. My Rakan pants were super easy haha I took a pair of my lolitabloomers as a guide; the Rakan pants are longer and no frills, that's it! c':

Customers always just think of the material costs :/
Then they're like 'but that fabric costs -, how can you charge 3x more!' D:<

Well how about because I'm the one doing the work to turn this fabric into an outfit for you??

If they don't like your prices they can do it themselves, and fail cause they don't have the skill c':

My fingertips hate me (and the needle) for my preference of hand sewing, without a fingerthimble c':

and my back aches when I'm bent over my projects for too long. My tip is to have more than one thing to work on! I always have an easier/different kind of little project on the table to work on when my fingers start cramping or such haha

I only have that problem with rice and pasta. I never really follow a recipe and measure things 'by hand' but I tend to throw in my rice/pasta and then go 'hmm that seems a bit too small a portion....better throw in a liiiil more' and then I end up with cooking rice/pasta for 3 people instead of just me.

I love rice and pasta though so I do usually count for two :'D

it always seems so small though cause it hasn't puffed up yet and then it starts to cook and soak up the water and its suddenly like wow xD