You are good to make a quilt for your niece, forget the MIL. (LOL) If there is a deadline, I bite the bullet and get it done. As quick as possible. Cut everything, sew everything, assemble and quilt. Assembly line. But if I am making a quilt that I want to make. I definitely have ADD. Here there and everywhere. 4-5 different projects at a time. Sometimes I cut, sometimes I sew, sometimes a block at a time. Seldom working on the same thing all the way thru.