put a pin in it...
This is BORING.
I bought my pincushion at Walmart when I was in college and took my first Fibers class. The class I loved. The pincushion? Not so much. That's not true; it was college. What college kid thinks about their pincushion?
Now look how cute... These. All of these- oh my, I'm swooning- some of this gal's pin cushions look like beautiful little cakes, and the birds- how could you bring yourself to poke them with a pin? Or even this one. Yum.
I was looking at Hillary's (of Wee Wonderfuls fame) pictures of these and they kind of reminded me some rosettes I have painted in murals.
and 
Ahhhh.... much better.