It is more like time-consuming, as it took quite some time to find good fabrics and skilled tailors, especially in the beginning. Some trial and error needed to be done, but then it was fun at the same time - as you are learning interesting things when going through each step, like how many natural fabrics are out there, what fabric is good for what, how the colour was being dyed, etc.

Price-wise, it is more expensive than buying the already made average ones but cheaper than the marketing "fancy" ones.