Thank you all for your suggestions.... (This place is amazing... varied ideas from all of you have gotten my creative juices flowing again.) I have no restrictions on what I do with the clothes, and I will find out what my cousin's bedroom colors are from his wife so I can tie in some colors that would go with their decor. I still think I'm going with a bed runner but that may change when I get to cutting these clothes up and find out exactly what I have.
Thank you all again.