Charlie Quilt Jacket

This is the first Charlie jacket prototype!  Made from a jewel-toned window pane quilt accented with cheerful cartoon dinosaurs.  I purchased this quilt from the original maker, Alberta Dalke. Her label is inside, dated 1997.  Some of the window pane strips were going threadbare, so I mended over them with new black bias tape.  You can see the evidence of these mends on the inside, for a touch of wabi-sabi.

The Charlie jacket is a full zip hoodie with twin patch pockets and shoulder epaulettes.This early prototype has serged and top-stitched construction seams, instead of my usual bias-bound seam work.  It is slightly imperfect, but still very durable and machine-washable.  The front zipper is a vintage new old stock Talon brand metal-toothed zip.

This jacket measures 48″ at the chest and 40″ at the bottom hem.  The shoulder spans 17″ with a 24.5″ sleeve.  It is 22″ in length at the center back, from the bottom of the hood to the hem.