Trashed my Project in 10.1.1 by mistake

Hi.
I recently updated FCPX to 10.1.1.
By mistake, stupidly, I dragged my project into the trash bin. I did not empty the bin. Undo did not work.
I have since tried my best, but I cannot seem to find the project or open it. In the trash, the shots (.mov and alias) all appear -- and I have tried to put them back on my drive but no project appears in FCPX. I also tried to open a backup of the project, from the FCPX version previous to the 10.1.1. update but I cannot seem to get that to work either. It is greyed out when I try to open it and convert it in 10.1.1.
Does this make sense my issue? Any help would be awesome.
Much thanks!

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