Last year I made a couple Bow Tucks bags and showed them to my girlfriend at a church yard sale - they all loved them and suggested that I make them for the church craft fair that Nov. We are both retired, my husband because of vertigo and when he got sick I was laid off 2 days later and couldn't find work again. So, I decided what the heck, I've got plenty of time and no money to really go anywhere. Well, I brought 12 Bow Tucks bags to the fair, one was a gift for my girlfriend, but I sold 8 of the remaining bags, along with some quilted table runners, plus I took requests for more bags. One of my best friends bought 2 - 1 for her and 1 for her daughter, then her sister came up from NC, saw the bag, loved it, so she asked if I could make another one and I did, as I had just enough fabric left. Last month I got another order for a Bow Tucks bag and I said yes. I like making them in between quilting projects and I got a considerable amount of money just for me. Yippee. When I get tired of making them I will do what I did when I used to make and sell Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls, I kept raising the price hoping people would stop buying them, but when they kept asking I quit - it was just too much, but again I loved the "Mad Money". If you want to make an item for a family member or friend, go for it, but they get the "family discount" and you should charge more for any more that you make. That's how I would handle that (the long-winded version of course), but if you want to make it and make some extra money I say you should go for it, but others won't get the family/friend discount.