How about a small hand quilted project. Do you do hand quilting. I have a 14" hoop with one of the preprinted little mini whole cloth. these are 16" preprinted designs. Easy to put in a shopping bag and requires minimum equipment.
I also make simple quilts for charity - one piece of fun fabric for top, batting and backing. I do binding by hand. So get the machine work done on the quilt and just have the hand binding to do. I try to have 2-3 of these ready to work on when time needs to be filled.