because i am so notoriously lazy (and cheap) that at fanime last year, i was literally sewing up the last piece of my cosplay in the hotel room at 5 am
i mean i have like 4 months but that is not as much time as i always assume it is, so the week before the con I'm running around piecing parts together and trying to make glue dry faster than it can
It takes a lot of practice if you don't sew much, but yeah, you should definitely do it! Then you can say "yeah, i made this" and let people shower you in compliments