The dressmaker’s notebook

Start with your first commission, or find help for the stage you are working on. These guides pair official information with practical advice. Use the catalog for item prices and unlocks.

Your first dress, one stage at a time

A simple route through a customer's brief, the sketchbook, cutting, sewing and finishing.

Read the brief before you buy

Separate what you want to make from what this particular customer has requested.

Commission outcomes: payment or a retry?

Understand accepted failures, unfinished retries and unusual quality limits.

Gifts and relationship pattern unlocks

Open gifting, compare customer preferences and check which relationship levels award patterns.

How finished-dress style scores work

See how dress pieces, panel fabrics and accessories combine, and why a sketchbook preview may differ.

Check which dress pieces fit together

Choose a bodice to filter matching collars, sleeves and skirts from normally unlockable patterns.

Match Poetic Muse dialogue to requirements

Read all nine dialogue choices and check the three requirements created by your choices.

Look at the fabric before you cut

Use both the pattern on the cloth and the cutting-room readout to plan each panel.

Find your rhythm at the sewing machine

Understand the sewing, rotation and speed prompts before working around a seam.

Finish with a few deliberate details

Give each bow, trim and appliqué a job in the design.

Steam release and prototype: know your version

Keep current release guidance separate from the older itch.io prototype.

Achievement conditions and progress

Check verified dress and story conditions, with hidden story details folded away.