The cat flopping over the first time he wears the backpack was spot on

I'm still bitter that they killed Inbox. It was superior to Gmail in every way.

All I can think of is that OP is going to some kind of comic-con and has intricate body paint/an outfit that is so inconvenient to take on and off that they'd rather minimize their food and drinks for 3 days.

They are! They're pretty heavy with all the layers and they're super satisfying to toss in your palm.

I would say the initial wrapping usually takes me an evening, so 2-3 hours. Then the marking may take 1-2 hours depending on the type. And the embroidery can vary a lot depending on the design. It can take 2 hours, it can take 10.

But the process is very satisfying. You can see your progress and the geometry of it all is really fun to observe and build upon.

I like to follow written instructions so I would recommend finding books on places like archive.org to get started.

I haven't used video instructions, but I assume YouTube has a ton of them.