Personally i think Textile Creation is in a good spot, but Tanning is too simplistic (all the recipes are basically the same), easy (the mats are not at all difficult to acquire), and fast (well personally i like having some downtime where i can put skills on auto. I don't really understand why it's faster to tan skins when you mash your mouse button).

In terms of storage, i'd agree that tanning/leatherworking is more storage intensive. I found myself amassing quite a few stacks of the lower skins before i was able to pay for the pricey leatherworking recipes to make use of them. Tailoring/texties was, if anything, the opposite, where i could have acquired recipes had i wanted before i really had the fertilizer to spare to grow sufficient cotton to tailor anything.

I know this thread (pardon the pun, if any) is supposed to be about Textile Creation; feel free to tan my hide if i've gone to far astray.