You can definately make side money. I'm running a quilt shop with my mom from our home. But if we had to pay rent on a separate building and ultilites, we couldn't do it. Don't count on quilt sales for a steady monthly income,but if you want it for side money then you can do it. If you have a community paper that doesn't charge for ads,then you can put your homemade quilt ad in it. We did and still do every October in time for the Christmas holidays.Good Luck.