I don't like pin cushions. I have several now but I rarely use them. They never seemed safe to me to have around my children. I like my pins in a tin just like my mom and my Mammaw.
I keep those I use for my quilting machine in a magnetic screw dish my husband got at work. Like someone else said, they are all lined up. When I am done with those they are put up with the machine. No chance of little hands ever bothering them.
Since people keep giving them to me I have decided to put them out as decoration with OUT any pins.