In QuickBooks, you can directly add the Estimate and Purchase Order to a project. Adding transactions to projects won’t make any changes on how they’re categorised or won't affect your books.
I'd be happy to walk you through how to achieve this:
Go to Projects.
Pick your project.
Choose Add to project to create a new transaction.
Select Invoice, Receive payment, Expense, Estimate, Purchase order, Time or Bill.
Click Save and close.
To learn more about Projects, please refer to these articles: