I have two favorite pin chshions. A litle red one that I made two weeks ago and stuffed with walnut shells, a ribbon ties it to the back of my pieching machine. Can't tell you how handy this is. The second one is a Minion (Bob?) that I bought at Walmart and then hot glued into a metal ice crean dish from the thrift store. Bob has the honor of being the pin cushion for my midarm quilting machine. Unfortunately I had to take the machine in the house from the three season porch because it's freezing out there. Bob will get a work out in the spring again.