When one of our small quilt group passed away 2 years ago her family put her memory quilt on the coffin. This was truly appropriate as she was very proud of this quilt.
As a courier I spent a year delivering flowers and became friendly with a couple of the florists I collected from. One told me they used old flowers, especially roses, for funerals because most people wanted to see them open. As some of these casket arrangements cost hundreds of dollars I think it's a rip off.