I do know that the clothes I make and the stuff I knit are of better quality than anything I can find at the store for under a fortune.
And I don't possess unusual talents. I just enjoy knitting/sewing/cooking etc. and have had some practice.
Also, I don't think you have to have hand-made vs industrial. But I think the practice of working round the clock to earn the money to get the things that you need is not necessarily superior to making some of the things that you need.
I think making a beautiful sweater that lasts twenty years is preferable to working some crap job and then compensating yourself for your suffering and non-being by buying a sweater ever year.
I do understand your critique of the Crusoe economy; but I don't think that alienated labor under capitalism is an improvement.
J.