The top one looks like Bernina thread - you could do thread painting as someone else suggested, or get some cream coloured fabric to make cushions, do initials of various family members in trapunto for the centre and then various random close quilting designs like MacIntoshing around the initials with piping to match the main colour.
You could make a collage sculpture as a wall hanging - I know someone whose sculpturer friend did this with old notions but left them unattached and occasionally my friend actually finds use for some of the artifacts on the wall hanging. It is quite picturesque!