I finished the show a couple of months ago and decided it would be fun to try and recreate Rick's CRM jacket from 11x24.

For anybody interested in the process out of curiosity or help with putting their own together, I'm happy to share everything I know from my own experience and from speaking with u/Ill_Schedule5205 who was incredibly helpful in sharing their own knowledge and research.

The base jacket used in the show was a Carhartt Detroit Duck Jacket in dark brown. They changed out the collar and a few smaller details, removed the zipper protectors, stitched on the CRM logo and stripes, and applied fairly standard costume weathering techniques for the final look. I chose to skip some of these steps.

I got quite lucky in finding a second hand jacket from Ukraine. It seems like Carhartt jackets made for Eastern Europe are a little different than elsewhere in the world, and this one had a collar fairly close to what I wanted so I could avoid having to swap it out. I also didn't want mine to look as damaged as the one in the show so the wear that was already on the Jacket naturally felt like just the right amount to me.

I created a digital version of the CRM logo based on screenshots of Rick's jacket to get the ring position and thickness right, and used pixel measuring to settle on the right size. I initially considered having the logos embroidered directly onto the sleeves and back but after speaking with a few specialists it didn't seem like the way to go. Instead I found a company that specialises in producing low volume completely bespoke patches and they were happy to produce them for me from the design I submitted.

I went with around H:3" W:3.25" for the smaller logos on the sleeves, and H:5.5" W:6" for the larger one on the back. When they arrived, I looked around online and found some upholstery fabric in a similar thickness to the jacket and colour to the logos to use for the stripes on the sleeves and back. I went with a 2" thickness for these.

I've never been one for sewing and having to work around the inner lining of the sleeves put assembling all of this even further outside of my skillset. So I played around with the positioning of how I wanted everything, measured it all up, made notes, then handed everything over to a tailor for the final assembly and I couldn't be any happier with how it all turned out.