I know exactly what you mean. It makes me crazy that all the time, expense, and loving thoughts while making it ... and it just sits in a closest.
Everyone tells me that it is because they do not want it to get ruined, or they say its because it is too precious for use!
I try to explain that I intended for it to be "consumed" in my lifetime, and not left for someone who may never have known me or the person I made it ..to "consume" it possibly in the bottom of a dog bed or covering something in the garage. Once I explain it that way .. I see more of them being used.