Geez Naboo... You make it sound like you make costumes fit for a God. O_o; I had hoped that you'd be recovered from current stress in the next two or three months, and might be able to take on just one commission. If it's that stressful for you, though, then I understand why you're hesitant.
I agree with you about Brownie. She's a good choice for Eugene/Springfield area people.
My costumes are very much above average, but the only reason that they are is because they are very planned out and "I have a seam ripper and I'm not afraid the use it!" At Sakura, you saw me wearing the summer PE shirt (and part of the practice cheerleader uniform) from CardCaptor Sakura. Pictures are available in the closing ceremonies section on Obsessed with Anime. It doesn't look like that much detail, but look at the red stripes on the collar. The are placed by hand because after several years of looking, I couldn't find shirts with the right collar. Then there is the Tomoeda embroidery and the white wing logo embroidery on both sleeves. People who were even just 1 foot away from me couldn't tell those red stripes were placed by hand and not part of the shirt. It's simple, but it's impossible to tell that I had to take both sleeves apart to fit it over the embroidery machine and then redo them with the surger. The inside sleeve seems are better finished than the shirt was before I took parts of it apart (long chains of surged strings left handing and so on...).
I would take commissions for those shirts (very reasonably priced even-- aprox. $30), but other than that, it's just not worth the stress, unless the price was in the range I mentioned earlier. If someone really wants me, that's what I'd charge to make it worth it.
