I have a couple of pincushions that I made as a kid using hair from my head, my Mom's and Grandmother's -- they are wonderful for keeping needles happy and sewing. I remember a 7th grade sewing project that required us to do this, though I had made several before that. I always keep a bar of ivory in the sewing room to put the needles in to make them glide -- never thought about wrapping them in fabric but given the state of the paper wrapper, I think I will.