I've sewn for years and I must admit that I'd never made myself pincushions until this year, now I can't stop. I did the cute little one that someone showed here where you sew 2 squares together to make a little roundish shape. I also decided I really needed a thread catcher/pin cushion by my machine after seeing pictures of the many nice ones on QB. I use them all the time and the thread catcher really saves the carpet from thread snot.