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Dressmaker guides that begin with the answer
Follow practical Dressmaker guides for commissions, quality, money, fabric tags, accessories, friendship, saves, and accessibility. Community-derived advice is labeled separately.
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7 min · updated 2026-09-30
Dressmaker beginner guide: your first commissions
Read every commission target, measure the customer, preview the design before buying fabric, keep the cutting layout clean, sew slowly through curves, and confirm all visible targets before finishing.A practical first-session route through measuring, the request, sketchbook, fabric shop, cutting room, sewing machine, and completion screen. - 02->
6 min · updated 2026-09-30
How to get 100% quality in Dressmaker
Community testing reports that commission quality is split 30% grain, 20% fit, and 50% stitching, while client-free quality uses a different split. Match measurements first, protect the pattern, sew slowly at corners, and use Sewing Assist if manual control is the only weak step.A controlled path to the perfect-quality achievement and the quality targets used by commissions, including grain, fit, and stitching. - 03->
6 min · updated 2026-09-30
How to make money fast in Dressmaker
Complete commissions first. If gold runs out, community players use free burlap to make a simple off-the-rack dress and sell the finished garment instead of selling the material directly. Quality and store rank can improve the return.Use early commissions, free burlap, spare fabric, and simple off-the-rack dresses to keep a reliable gold buffer. - 04->
6 min · updated 2026-09-30
How to meet every commission requirement
Meet the hardest tag first, add fabric and pattern pieces that support it, use accessories to close the final gap, and keep quality above its separate target.A reliable planning order for tag targets, quality, silhouette, fabric, and accessories. - 05->
5 min · updated 2026-09-30
How fabric tags and swatches work
Use the shop tags for an initial shortlist, compare the fabric family and pattern, preview the swatch in the sketchbook, and buy the listed length only after the full dress design is stable.Choose cotton, linen, wool, silk, velvet, or patterned fabric by tag coverage, cost, and quantity instead of appearance alone. - 06->
6 min · updated 2026-09-30
How to place trims and accessories cleanly
Place required pieces first, use repeated placement shortcuts for deliberate patterns, check measured trim lengths, and zoom around cuffs and seams before trusting a decoration.Use trims, flowers, bows, and applique to meet requirements without losing the silhouette. - 07->
5 min · updated 2026-09-30
Friendship, pigeon requests, and pattern unlocks
Keep story commissions moving, answer pigeon requests when they appear, and gift spare dresses when a relationship star or pattern unlock matters more than the immediate sale value.Use customer work, gift commissions, and pigeon requests to unlock patterns for all 10 Dressmaker customers. - 08->
5 min · updated 2026-09-30
Controls, sewing assist, and accessibility settings
Press Space to sew, A and D to rotate at the machine, W and S to change speed, R to reset a seam, and Shift for repeated accessory placement. Enable Sewing Assist from the pause menu if needed.The practical keys and settings that reduce camera, sewing, and accessory-placement friction, including Sewing Assist and Steam Deck notes. - 09->
5 min · updated 2026-09-30
How to move a Dressmaker save between Windows and Mac
Back up the original save folder first, locate the equivalent per-user game-data folder on the destination machine, copy the save while the game is closed, and test on a duplicate before replacing anything.A cautious cross-platform save transfer checklist for players moving between supported desktop versions. - 010->
9 min · updated 2026-09-30
Dressmaker commission guide: every requirement type explained
A commission succeeds only when every applicable requirement passes. Identify the line type first, then solve the hard limits before decorating or buying premium material.Decode every common requirement line before you choose fabric: minimum and maximum scores, quality, color and fabric rules, accessory count, and trim length. - 011->
7 min · updated 2026-09-30
Dressmaker measurements and fit guide
Measure the bust, waist, and hips at the guide lines, save the customer’s values, then adjust all three mannequin gears to match. Community testing reports that poor fit can cap commission quality even when cutting and sewing are excellent.How bust, waist, and hip measurements feed the mannequin, why fit can cap quality, and how to recover when the sizing screen looks perfect but quality stays low. - 012->
8 min · updated 2026-09-30
Dressmaker troubleshooting: can’t finish, stuck quality, broken sewing, no money
Start with the visible requirement panel and mannequin. Most blockers come from one unsewn seam, one missing panel, incorrect fit, an unmet requirement line, or a cash-flow problem that an off-the-rack burlap dress can recover.A fast checklist for the most common Dressmaker blockers: Finish Dress does not appear, quality stops near 80, sewing feels impossible, the camera stops rotating, or gold runs out. - 013->
8 min · updated 2026-09-30
Dressmaker 100% achievements roadmap
Finish the story and every major customer chain first, answer pigeon requests as they arrive, then build dedicated dresses for 100% quality, 300 accessories, 50m of trim, 5,000 gold spent, and the full pigeon chain.A practical completion order for all 32 Dressmaker achievements: story first, 10 customer chains second, then the five deliberate challenge goals.