My one friend that used to quilt as a business was doing well, but it needed to be full time to make money and she found machine quilting to be very physical (too physical for her) and decided to go back to work and quilt for herself and select clientel (like me!!). That way she has a for sure income and can take/refuse quilting jobs that works best for her and not feel that she must take on all the quilting because she has to have that money. Something to consider.