Originally Posted by ckcowl

the process itself may remain enjoyable-but as your business grows you may find that you no longer have time to do anything of your own-never get to make a quilt because you are spending all your time working on other peoples quilts- so-if you enjoy the process of creating- you loose that- if the quilting is the part you enjoy the most and you are not all that into making your own- then it may stay enjoyable for longer-
there is always the stress of someone being unhappy with what you did to their quilt- and it can become more of a job than any 8 hour job you leave home to---and it is no longer your hobby-it is now you JOB and you have to go to work===feel like it or not- in order to keep up and keep your customers happy-
like any (self-employed) person- you have to do paperwork- keep good records make your customers happy- and at times (like leading up to the holidays) when you are working 12-16 hours a day-
then there is the stress of machine maintenance- organizing-time management-
and those people who think you don't really do anything - you sit home all day- when actually you are spending hours on your feet- shoulders, back, knees, wrists all take a beating- it is a labor intensive JOB and you have to make yourself----whether you feel like quilting or not- if you have accepted customer quilts you have to do them-
there is also insurance- and the stress of disaster happening---keeping kids and pets away- just lots of things that are not part of it at all-if you are just doing it for yourself because you enjoy it-
so, yes- the fun certainly changes when it is no longer your favorite pass-time and is now YOUR JOB.