Deborah, I am sorry about your sister. I just went to a quilt show put on by the Ohio Star Quilter's about 2 weeks ago. Some of the door prizes were some of the "stuff" that had been donated by one of their member's (who had passed away last year) family. I won an appliqued panel that the member had made and had not finished. A member of the guild took the panel and matched it up really good with some other material and made it into a pillow. I won it and I really like it. I asked for and received the name of the family and sent them a thank you note. You might want to consider a local quilting club or something like that.
Thank you