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+author: "joostdecock"
+caption: "Photo by Flo Dahm from Pexels"
+date: "2021-04-18"
+image: "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hl5bw8cj/site-content/9e1cca6b6de79fadbd5201bad3b9b71375a53464-1920x1442.jpg"
+intro: "We've just published FreeSewing v2.15 and it comes with a new pattern: The Charlie Chinos trouser pattern ."
+title: "Charlie Chinos: who wants some new trousers?"
+---
+
+
+We've just published FreeSewing v2.15 and it comes with a new pattern:
+[The Charlie Chinos trouser pattern](/designs/charlie/).
+
+I have lost track of how long a chino trouser pattern has been on my to-do list,
+but it's measured in years. I'm very happy I finally landed where I wanted to be.
+
+I have a picture of it here, but due to the dark fabric, you can't really make out much:
+
+![A pair of Charlies by Joost](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/joost_b8dee41025.jpg)
+
+
+So instead, let me tell you about why I am so excited about this.
+
+##### Based on Titan
+
+First up, Charlie is based on Titan, our unisex trouser block that is also the
+foundation for [our Paco pattern](/designs/paco/). So if you're familiar with 
+any of those, you already know how Charlie will fit you.
+
+##### More measurements, more options, better fit
+
+As a token of how much I feel this is an improvement, I've deprecated [Theo](/designs/theo/). 
+Based on an Aldrich draft, Theo uses very few measurements,
+and while that worked fine for a certain set of people, it's a less versatile pattern.
+
+Charlie will adapt better to differently shaped bodies, and has a hell of a lot more options
+that allow you to configure your trousers so you get them just as you like. In case you're
+wondering, Theo has 5 options, whereas Charlie has 31.
+
+That being said, we will keep Theo available. Deprecated merely means that we've added a little
+warning message saying that we recommend Charlie instead.
+
+##### Easier to make
+
+Another reason to opt for Charlie rather than Theo: Charlie is easier to make.
+It has a more straight-forward fly and waistband construction, and the front
+pockets have been cleverly designed to give you the ease of construction that
+comes with side-seam pockets, yet the classic look of slanted pockets.
+
+Theo ranks 4 stars on our difficulty scale, and I've given Charlie 3 stars.
+If you were afraid of making trousers, this might be the pattern you've been waiting for.
+
+##### Real pockets
+
+Charlie is a unisex pattern and the pockets are real. You have welt (aka jetted) pockets at the back, 
+and slanted pockets at the front.
+In both cases, you have control over the size and depth of the pockets.
+
+The front pockets deserve a special mention. They look like traditional slanted pockets, but are
+set in on the side seam. To make that possible, the back panel of the trousers wraps around the front,
+following the pocket slant.
+
+## Other 2.15 news
+
+Charlie is the main act, but there's a lot of work that went in this 2.15 release.
+
+As always, [the changelog](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md) has
+all the details, but allow me to highlight some of the more noteworthy changes:
+
+ - We have [a new bartack plugin](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/bartack/)
+ - The [buttons plugin](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/buttons/) provides 
+ new [buttonhole-start](https://freesewing.dev/reference/snippets/buttonhole-start) 
+ and [buttonhole-end](https://freesewing.dev/reference/snippets/buttonhole-end) snippets 
+ - The [dimension plugin](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/dimension/) provides 
+ a new [rmad macro](https://freesewing.dev/reference/macros/rmad/)
+ - The [logo plugin](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/logo/) now supports dark mode
+ - Titan and Paco have a new `waistbandHeight` option
+ - Core no longer rounds point coordinates to avoid misses when using [path.split](https://freesewing.dev/reference/api/path/split/)
+ - [Bella](/designs/bella/) has a fix to the shoulder to better accommodate doll-sized clothing
+ - [Charlie](/designs/charlie/) is the first pattern to list some of the absolute dimensions when configuring
+ a pattern, but we plan to extend this to other designs
+ We have documented [the new raise methods](https://freesewing.dev/reference/api/part/raise) for designers
+ who want to utilize this feature.
+ - Speaking of documentation, the examples in our [documentation for developers](https://freesewing.dev/) now
+ allows you to toggle a switch to reveal the points and paths in the examples
+ - The [part.getId()](https://freesewing.dev/reference/api/part/getid/) method now takes a prefix argument
+
+