
Refer to the CHANGELOG for all info. --------- Co-authored-by: Wouter van Wageningen <wouter.vdub@yahoo.com> Co-authored-by: Josh Munic <jpmunic@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Jonathan Haas <haasjona@gmail.com>
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authors: 1
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caption: 'Photo by Flo Dahm from Pexels'
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date: '2021-04-18'
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intro: "We've just published FreeSewing v2.15 and it comes with a new pattern: The Charlie Chinos trouser pattern ."
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title: 'Charlie Chinos: who wants some new trousers?'
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We've just published FreeSewing v2.15 and it comes with a new pattern: [The
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Charlie Chinos trouser pattern](/designs/charlie/).
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I have lost track of how long a chino trouser pattern has been on my to-do
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list, but it's measured in years. I'm very happy I finally landed where I
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wanted to be.
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I have a picture of it here, but due to the dark fabric, you can't really make
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out much:
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So instead, let me tell you about why I am so excited about this.
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##### Based on Titan
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First up, Charlie is based on Titan, our unisex trouser block that is also the
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foundation for [our Paco pattern](/designs/paco/). So if you're familiar with
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any of those, you already know how Charlie will fit you.
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##### More measurements, more options, better fit
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As a token of how much I feel this is an improvement, I've deprecated
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Theo. Based on an Aldrich draft, Theo uses very few
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measurements, and while that worked fine for a certain set of people, it's a
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less versatile pattern.
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Charlie will adapt better to differently shaped bodies, and has a hell of a lot
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more options that allow you to configure your trousers so you get them just as
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you like. In case you're wondering, Theo has 5 options, whereas Charlie has 31.
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That being said, we will keep Theo available. Deprecated merely means that
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we've added a little warning message saying that we recommend Charlie instead.
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##### Easier to make
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Another reason to opt for Charlie rather than Theo: Charlie is easier to make.
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It has a more straight-forward fly and waistband construction, and the front
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pockets have been cleverly designed to give you the ease of construction that
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comes with side-seam pockets, yet the classic look of slanted pockets.
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Theo ranks 4 stars on our difficulty scale, and I've given Charlie 3 stars. If
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you were afraid of making trousers, this might be the pattern you've been
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waiting for.
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##### Real pockets
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Charlie is a unisex pattern and the pockets are real. You have welt (aka
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jetted) pockets at the back, and slanted pockets at the front. In both cases,
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you have control over the size and depth of the pockets.
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The front pockets deserve a special mention. They look like traditional slanted
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pockets, but are set in on the side seam. To make that possible, the back panel
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of the trousers wraps around the front, following the pocket slant.
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## Other 2.15 news
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Charlie is the main act, but there's a lot of work that went in this 2.15
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release.
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As always, [the
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changelog](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md)
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has all the details, but allow me to highlight some of the more noteworthy
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changes:
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- We have [a new bartack
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plugin](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/bartack/)
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- The [buttons plugin](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/buttons/)
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provides new
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[buttonhole-start](https://freesewing.dev/reference/snippets/buttonhole-start)
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and
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[buttonhole-end](https://freesewing.dev/reference/snippets/buttonhole-end)
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snippets
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- The [dimension plugin](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/dimension/)
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provides a new [rmad macro](https://freesewing.dev/reference/macros/rmad/)
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- The [logo plugin](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/logo/) now
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supports dark mode
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- Titan and Paco have a new `waistbandHeight` option
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- Core no longer rounds point coordinates to avoid misses when using
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[path.split](https://freesewing.dev/reference/api/path/split/)
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- [Bella](/designs/bella/) has a fix to the shoulder to better accommodate
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doll-sized clothing
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- [Charlie](/designs/charlie/) is the first pattern to list some of the
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absolute dimensions when configuring a pattern, but we plan to extend this
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to other designs We have documented [the new raise
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methods](https://freesewing.dev/reference/api/part/raise) for designers who
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want to utilize this feature.
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- Speaking of documentation, the examples in our [documentation for
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developers](https://freesewing.dev/) now allows you to toggle a switch to
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reveal the points and paths in the examples
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- The [part.getId()](https://freesewing.dev/reference/api/part/getid/) method
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now takes a prefix argument
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