Dressmaker Quality Guide: Why a Dress Is Not 100%

Start with the mannequin

Dressmaker drafts bespoke patterns from the client's measurements. As a troubleshooting check, compare the active client's recorded values with the mannequin, including for repeat customers. This check isolates fit before you investigate cutting and sewing.

Separate quality from style

Quality and meeting a client's style request are related to the final evaluation but are not interchangeable. Grain alignment, fit and sewing execution belong in the quality investigation; requested colours, silhouettes and tags belong in the commission brief investigation. The developer has not published an exact weighting formula, so do not turn one player's result into a universal percentage table.

Retest one stage at a time

1. Confirm mannequin measurements for the active client.
2. Check every cut panel and its grain feedback.
3. Confirm all selected components are pinned and sewn.
4. Repeat the sewing stage more slowly if the interface recorded uneven control.
5. Record the build and the changed stage before comparing the next result.

Build 443: a changed requirement score is not proof of bad sewing

The October update changes how small components contribute to colour and fabric-type requirements. If an old dress now displays a different requirement result, investigate that documented scoring change before recutting the whole dress.

For seam handling, follow the inspected Sewing Assist and speed demonstration. A strong seam result does not by itself establish perfect construction or client satisfaction.