Welcome from Missouri. So sorry about your mother. I almost stopped quilting all together right when I began, as the person who was to be the recipient of my very first quilt passed before I finished it. I picked a project as far from those colors and patterns as possible for my next project, and to this day I haven't finished that first quilt. It is so wonderful that she has left these quilts for people in the family. I'm still waiting on my mother to finish my afghan she promised when I was small... i'm going to be 31 in January so i'm not holding my breath at this point.