What about some of these charming little pin cushions
that have sprung up on the Internet lately?
Some of them are identical to a big chocolate cake with
lots of decorations, some just saw looked like a pie with
strips of dough crossing it, etc. Saw a tute on the net with
a pair of lovely twins who showed how to do this. They rolled
layers of felt, then covered them with material and hot glued
the felt, and sewed the fabric around them.