to pin or not to pin

For some reason (maybe because I've been crazy busy?), I forgot to write a post about this little - or rather big (5.5"sq) - pincushion I made a couple of weeks ago in my quilting class.

(If you compare the differences in the background color, you can tell how quickly the lighting can change here in Southern California. The sun loves to play hide and seek with the morning marine layer.)

Making the teeny tiny center patch was a challenge, but the rest of it came together quickly.
Normally with sewing and quilting, I don't use these types of fabric; but I do like the way this project turned out.

Kinda makes me not want to poke it.