I know of one LA who has started to make her living from machine quilting, supporting her family, is also a dealer/rep for the LA set up she uses. It can be done. She has instruction classes in her home how to use the LA machine, and advanced classes. Also she teaches quilt classes at a quilt shop. She can't support her family only doing machine quilting for other even if she quilted 24 hours a day. She has to be constantly energetic and passionate about selling the LA set up to others and be on call for any problems or questions about the ones she does sell. She has to have no interruptions from kids or DH while holding her home sales, it has to be professional all the way or many will back off from the sale. She learned that the hard way. She is making a go of it but she said it was definitely a full time job with lots of overtime. She could make more income if she could be away from home for a few days a week. She is hopeful her DH is back to his old job next month so she can do her quilt business part time. It has caused a big strain on her marriage too with her DH being pouty if she needs to travel to make a sale and not be there for him and the kids. Sheesh, what a jerk. I didn't say that of course. But I give her an ear to vent. We live in different states so I can't be much help to her except listen.