Quilting squares

While I was at our local JoAnn Fabric store the other day I noticed that they were selling quilting square kits. My eyes just about popped out of my head when I saw that they were priced at $9 and up! The kit included instructions to make one quilt square top, no batting or lining was in the kit. Sure all the pieces were pre-cut but my Gawd - $9??!

That got me to thinking. Can I make up 12" or 16" quilted squares already made but not attached to each other and sell them? After a brief search on eBay I found out the following:

Quilted items such as quilts, baby items, toaster covers and such were not selling but fabric squares (un-quilted) that were cut in 4" or 5" pieces were selling like hot cakes. I may have found a market for my scrap pieces of fabric. Of course the fabric has to be rotary cut, clean and pressed and bagged.

Now if you have been following my suggestions for fabric storage then you would have no problem selling items on eBay because repeat customers only like:

1. Items that don't smell like your home (smoke or cooking odors)
   
2. Items that do not have any pet hair on it
3. Don't smell like they have come from one of those musty antique stores

As you can tell, smell is a deal killer.