My pin cushion is made of 6 5" squares that have been sewn into 6 triangles that I have stuffed with Polysuffing - firmly. I sewed the points together top and bottom so it is a "Star" that will not tip or roll. (the stuffing areas that are handsewn closed are on the inside.) In each of the triangles I have different pins, one is reserved for safety pins, with a threader hanging on one, sewing needles cross-wise at the bottomof the triangle, etc. I put a ring (the kind you use for curtain rods that you can clip on) and I can pick it up easily, I even picked it up with my extending magnet once when it was on the other side of the table and I needed it, by putting the magnet into the ring and lifting it to me. Love this pincushion. My mother-in-law made me the first one in the 70's out of the Polyester we made pantsuits out of! and I still use it. She put a yarn pom-pom on the top.