Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Carol Neiger of GivingQuilts

What are you working on—on the side?

GivingQuilts is an eCommerce website for a group of people to create a personalized, handcrafted quilt. GivingQuilts employs a technology to create a quilt with inspirational quotes in each square—resulting in a special gift from a group of friends and family.

I started GivingQuilts after a close friend became ill. Her husband told me that cards and letters kept her going through the awful months of chemo, so I rallied friends and relatives to create a frien...