I play with mine too. I stroke it ,I touch it. I look at it. I do everything except get anything done with it. Oh well. maybe next year. Right now, I'm in the process of cutting a lot of it into 5" squares 2 1/2" strips and 1" strips. I ran across a book of nickel quilts at an estate sale. So I think I will attempt some of those.
For the 1" strips. I am paper piecing a pineapple quilt. That might take the rest of my life if I live long enough. It sure is time consuming. But it does look beautiful . I wanted a queen size but a lap size might be what I end up with.