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Tight fit

Pins holding the fabric

Pull off the fabric

Sewing the tube

Fold a square

The bottom piece

Inside out

Fitting the bottom

Pinning on bottom

Ready to be sewn

Sewing on bottom

Bottom cap sewn

Gaffer on the edges

Foam plug

Turning the tube

Bottom in place

Marking for zipper

Cutting tube

Zipper

Pins in zipper

Sewing on zippers

Sewing zipper on lid

Covering the zipper

Fitting the tube

Testing lid for length

Lid as a hat

Fold out lid

Simple string solution

Not elegant

Top and bottom

Closed and open

Plenty space