start your *survey* by asking your customers---will you still bring me your quilts if I move to this location? I quilt at home & stay pretty busy, I have many friends /sewing group who make a lot of quilts and bring them to me, word of mouth & referrals are a lot of my business- also I have a smaller number of long-distance quilts come in- people from other states/locations who mail me their quilts- sometimes that is busy (holiday season) mainly. I do ok...it just depends on how your current customers feel about where you are going (can they find someone else closer-who they would use instead?) or do they love your talent (& prices) and tend to send you their friends? do your market survey in your market to help make that decision- about 7 years ago I moved 40 miles from where I started quilting for people- I do still have a few from there who bring me quilts- although some of them I have introduced (referred them) to people who are closer for them to try out- I never have a problem sending someone to another quilter if I feel it would help out the customer- is closer for them- or something I know someone else may be able to do better than me- and I know some pretty busy quilters who have sent me customers a few times when they were back-logged & thought I might be able to take a project and get it done faster.