If you really want it to be a quilt, get as much done as you can. Then put all the pieces nicely in a box, the part of the top that is done in another bigger box with the smaller box also in that big box. Write a nice note to go in the box that says this is as far as I've gotten but I will finish it and then you will have my real gift. If you are making headway it may not take too much longer. Make this quilt priority one so it does get done.