SindySnap!

 Hey Gang! 

So I was thinking that Sean need some bagpipes to go along with his kilt!  Didn't know where I could get them but a came across a post on Facebook that showed them in a photo and I ask if they were made or purchased?  She said that she made them! 

Her name on Facebook is SindySnap. I always look for her new post because I think for a little over a year, she has be posting about the bad potholes in her area.  (As a resident of Phila. PA, you know I feel her pain!) So she started stages her dolls in scenes at the potholes.  They are quite funny!  

Photos courtesy of SindySnap!

 I guess what is not so funny is that she finds so many of them to use in photos! Last year she had so many photos that she made a calendar and it sold out on Etsy!

 Some of the calendars she had left before they sold out.

She also makes a lot of things for her doll and made them bagpipes.  

I love his whole look!

I ask her  if I could I share how she made them with you all and she said yes! Here it is!

Her words in white!

Thinking of the bag shape I remembered a broken Peacock Christmas decoration that I'd recently thrown away...a quick delve into the rubbish bin ...perfect!
You can use anything that can take a hole to make this shape - cut up an old bath sponge if you haven't got any polystyrene.

Looking at reference photos from the internet, I needed 5 sticks to represent the 3 top pipes, the mouthpiece and flute pipe ( apologies, I don't know the proper names)
They all have different lengths and positions on the bag.

Thin strips of duct tape wound around at intervals to show the sections (don't look too closely I may have missed one or two)

Taking the pipes carefully out of their holes I covered the bag with a scrap of stretchy black fabric and glued it secure at the back, then put the pipes back in their place.
* I didn't have any tartan cloth but that would look great if you can find the right small scale print

A bit of paint - yes I could have done this while the pipes were lose, doh!

Painted the pipes black between the silver duct tape, which is their traditional colour.
(Or I could have painted the sticks all black first before I added the duct tape strips)

And there you go! I'm going to make mine and try to have it ready by St. Patty's Day!

So check back then for my post and Sean !

OK, Thanks For Looking!