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Holy smoke, the growing collection of Loaner Garb is amazing!

Happy Beerthday HalfPint!

Excellent! There will be more If we get a break from the heat. Its just too hot in the garage right now. That's great! I'm not sure that you're ever getting these back.

I'm still lugging around the 2 stools you made last year 2023 for the Massacre Island Fort Gaines event. So far I've used them at Bald Head Island, Beaufort and our 2024 1721 April event - they're fantastic!

Glad to be of service! Feel free to share pictures of your bale project - it's great to see and be inspired by the different ways we make the same things.

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Haha, don't thank me thank the internets.

I was thinking something similar, but had planned to create an obvious straight cut hem. Loving how rough and irregular these look, I'm now thinking of having a ripped/frayed/tattered overlapping edge. But with the way things are going, I probably won't get back to this until late fall or winter.

From what I can tell, the process of shipping bulk anything hasn't change a whole lot between the mid 1500s - mid 1800s. In fact modern cotton bales look pretty similar, maybe more uniform in size/weight, with ropes replaced by plastic tie straps and canvas replaced by plastic sheeting. 1500s Store German. 1650s Merchant Trade Market German. 1651 Dance of Death after Holbein Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar. 1700s? Dockside. 1700s Unload Ships at Arkhangelsk, Russia. 1722-1750 French Naturalist Bernard de Jussieu arrives in England with rooted Cedar of Lebanon. 1850s Replica Fur Bales at Fort Langley British Columbia Canada. 1902 Cotton Bales in Egypt.

Unfortunately we didn’t get enough pre-orders to justify the cost of printing these shirts. Those of you that have pre-ordered and already paid will be issued a refund.

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I actually like the foam batting idea (thanks @Captain Jack Sawford). Aside from adding cushion to what would otherwise be a hard (styrofoam) shell/surface, it makes it more tactile. Anyone else making cargo bales, please share pictures and your working insights. And for a little more inspiration, here's some modern cargo bales.

I had thought the same when I purchased them, but someone insisted I use foam - though I don't know who @William Brand. I actually like the rope hinge idea too. Since I've got 4 of them, I'll probably make them all slightly different. In the end I'll be sorta happy with one and annoyed by the others.

Hmm, I don't know. I don't have a plan/design for getting back into them once they've been wrapped in canvas and rope, I'm not sure how accessible they'd make them. My initial thoughts were to just cover them in foam/batting and canvas and use them like benches. I love Tartan Jack's slip cover idea, I was saying to William that we could sew elastic on/around the bottom of the canvas to snug-up the fit. I suppose you could pull the cover off every time you wanted to get in 'em. Would that work?

Michael, Thanks for the reminder, I've had one of these on my todo list for a while.

A while back I bought a couple of these these things from the local thrift shop - I've got 4 of them now. I just ordered a couple sheets of 1/2 inch foam and some spray adhesive...

This topic erupted from a post made by Captain Jack Sawford from the Crew of the Scavenger.

I've moved a bulk of the discussion to "Crafting Kit".

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Thanks Michael...

I've added another handful that I either known personally or from events. Anyone that can help with dates or the names of folks I've neglected to add, please sound off.

Mister Sawford, my apologies for hijacking this most wonderful thread... But Mister Oatmeal, I'm once again talking with William and looking down this path to making some faux cargo bales. I'm not sure that I've seen the bale examples you mentioned - do you have any pictures/knowledge you can share? Also, I love the idea of having a Cargo Bale Construction thread in "Crafting Kit"! As soon as I have gathered material and actually get my butt moving on it, I'll be sure to post.

This looks very cool...something else for me to spend money on.

On the Townsends YouTube Channel, they talk about making Switchel. I think it's similar, but different and is made from vinegar, water, sugar/molasses/maple syrup and ginger. Shrub gets an honorable mention for being made similarly, but with the addition of fruit.

Looking forward to seeing them done.