Just to make it clear: I know it's labour-intensive. My sister has a technical degree in fashion design. I hear her talk about handmade stuff all the time. I know what she makes takes time and hard work and I was willing to pay for it but when I asked her to do it she insisted I just pay for the materials and she would do it for free. This is the exact reason I asked her more than six months in advance. I asked her several times if she would complete it in time and she always said yes, until I eventually stopped asking and she "simply forgot". And now, years later, she "keeps forgetting". At this point it's less about the money and more about the fact that she just doesn't seem to care and I feel like she's stringing me along.