I even have three kits cut out that I cut out about ten yrs ago, and have never done. I wake in the morning when I am really in the quilting mode, and think of other patterns I want to do, I have a stack of paper patterns, and I also have a ton of the on my now new computer that is for sewing only lol... So yes keep plugging along. It is also good for healing. That is how I started. Sorry to hear about your sister. But quilting is a healer.
Rita