Luckily, I found a sew kit to make a quilted tote. The directions gave me the impression it would be an "easy" project. But I should know there is no such thing as fast or easy in sewing. Still, it was not too, too bad. The binding and zipper were the hardest to work around.
Here is her bag.
And the lining was pretty cool with multiple pockets (including a zipped one).
For thanksgiving, I gave her a matching pouch purse to keep her secret items. Unfortunately, it took the snail mail system 3 weeks to get there and she got it this week (December).
This is her personalized UT pouch I created from scratch.