Do you know what the different parts of a pincushion are supposed to be used for? The green part at the top is for needles. It is stiffer and it is much more difficult for a needle to go all the way to the inside if stuck in that part. The main red part is for straight pins and any other kind of pin (hat pin, T-pin, safety pin). AND the little strawberry dangling from the top is filled with emory. Use this to sharpen and smooth out your needles. You can sometimes save a sewing machine needle if it has gotten a burr in it ... sometimes ...
I have multiple packs of Tapestry needles I will be giving away. They are like a crewel needle but larger and I don't need 8 packages of them.
I am going to try and only keep 4 or 5 needle, maximum in my pincushion at any time. They rest I will pin to some felt and keep them in this box AND I will clip the thread short once I am finished with a project, so I don't end up with a mess like the first picture above.