What a wonderful, kind and thoughtful thing to do. As you say it's been a rough year for her. If you couldn't find a finished quilt, I always go to my tried and true - focus fabric in 6 1/2" blocks, then two coordinating colors for a nine patch, or Warm Wishes, also quick and easy. A 5 block by 7 block setting gives you a nice lap quilt when you add borders, one narrow, then a 6" border. Just a suggestion.