Ice cream sewing box with pincushion top

From an empty ice cream container I lined the inside, outside, & bottom with a fabric from a building site the contractors discarded.

Since the top of this container had a cardboard lid with a plastic moulding I lined the top of the paper lid with cotton balls and stretched the same fabric over it capturing the ends with the plastic trim. This created the pincushion top.

I added a silk ribbon just below the lip of the container purely for decorative effect.

Everything was secured to the container with glue.

Materials & cost:
Recycled: CLEAN ice cream container $0
Found building material: fabric insulation $0
Had for years: Silk velvet ribbon $0
Other: Glue $3; cotton balls $2