Well, mine is blooming right now, I would assume yours is a gonner.

See Bill, See what you did, we're green w/ envy & salivating over your highly organized neatness. From that 1st pic, I thought it was a fabric store, all the bolts lined up in a row. Nice pin cushion, but I'm w/ Toolgranny, I want the fabrics -- those concentric circles in batik remind me of one of my favorite fabrics of all time (was in indigo) & I used up every last scrap of it. You have ALLLLL those colors! PS: Love the mallard!

Hardware store is a good place to look -- for a product like this one: Emery Buffing Compound Here is a link to instructions for making an emery pin cushion. This woman sells her pin cushions on Etsy, but she also sells the emery powder so you can make your own: How to make your own emery pin cushion Buy half a cup of emery from the pincushion lady I don't know if the pin cushion lady's emery is different than the emery polishing compound sold in the hardware store. Obviously, she's found a source for purchasing in bulk. Emery is a particular type of mineral. HTH, CMC

An unusual pink flower on my Hakea laurina � Pin Cushion Hakea Typical flower of Hakea laurina - Pin-cushion Hakea Here is a link that might be useful: Free Seeds