Dressmaker Guides

Dressmaker guides: the eight steps of a commission from measuring to delivery, how the pattern cutting and quality score actually work, how to make the sewing stage bearable, who the customers are, off the rack selling, and all 32 achievements.

Official Dressmaker screenshot of the cutting room with fabric panels laid out

Dressmaker Cutting Room: Build 443 Changes

The scissors can only discard fabric on request, a button grabs every panel piece, and panning works inside the cutting room since Build 443.

Last updated: 10/25/2026

Official Dressmaker screenshot of a finished dress judged on the mannequin

How Dressmaker Scores Colour and Fabric

Build 443 changed how colour and fabric requirements are weighted: small panels such as collars and sleeves now count. Why an old dress can score differently.

Last updated: 10/25/2026

Official Dressmaker screenshot of trim being placed along a dress hem

Dressmaker Trim Placement: Build 443 Controls

Fast Trim Placement, the trim duplicate button, end-node selection and negative heights arrived in Build 443. How each control works and when to use it.

Last updated: 10/25/2026

A golden layered ball gown displayed on a dress form in the Dressmaker shop

Dressmaker Achievements: All 32 and What Each One Needs

The complete Dressmaker achievement list with published unlock conditions and live completion rates, plus the four routes a completionist should run in parallel.

Last updated: 10/23/2026

A Dressmaker customer standing in the shop with a finished dress, a star rating and a dialogue box

Dressmaker Beginner Guide: Every Step of One Commission

The eight stations a Dressmaker commission moves through, in order, plus the three settings and four mistakes that decide whether your first dresses go well.

Last updated: 9/22/2026

Dressmaker sketchbook screen showing a customer brief, the requirement tags and the drafted pattern

Dressmaker Customers: The Named Roster and How to Read a Request

The ten Dressmaker customers with full story arcs, how a spoken request becomes a tag list, and how major commissions and re-makes actually work.

Last updated: 9/22/2026

Dressmaker dress completion screen offering to continue the commission, sell the dress or gift it

Dressmaker Off the Rack Dresses: Free Play and Whether It Pays

What off the rack dresses are in Dressmaker, how to make and sell one, what they pay, why reviewers call the loop thin, and the reported commission bug to watch for.

Last updated: 9/22/2026

Dressmaker cutting table with paper pattern pieces laid out on printed cotton and a pair of scissors

Dressmaker Pattern Cutting: Grain, Bias and the Quality Score

How layout and cutting set your Dressmaker quality score, why grain and bias are both valid, how to fit more pieces per metre, and what a red outline means.

Last updated: 9/22/2026

Close-up of the vintage sewing machine in Dressmaker with fabric being fed under the needle

Dressmaker Sewing Guide: Assist, Speed and When a Seam Goes Wrong

How the Dressmaker sewing stage works, the two settings that make it manageable, a repeatable approach to every seam, and why the game has no skip option.

Last updated: 9/22/2026