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Dressmaker guide

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Dressmaker asks you to turn a customer's brief into a finished garment: choose components and fabric, arrange and cut the pattern pieces, place them on the mannequin, sew the seams, add decoration, and deliver the result.

Game Onramp currently focuses on reading the commission correctly and recovering when progress or finalization is blocked.

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Stuck or Can't Progress?

Use a decision tree for missing customers, a missing finalize action, missing pattern pieces, unfinished seams, tutorial softlocks, and coin or fabric recovery.

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Quick answers

Official patch

No next customer after a delivery?

Official: Build 403 changed the flow so you need to ring the shop bell to summon the next customer.

Official patch

Cursor disappeared or the tutorial is stuck?

Official: Build 403 fixed one invisible-cursor case in the cutting-room tutorial. Build 410 fixed a tutorial softlock caused by opening the sketchbook before the bell and added clearer placement and interface hints. Update the game before trying older workarounds.

Community-reported

Requirements look complete but you cannot finalize?

If a cut piece appears to be missing, players have reported that saving, quitting, and reloading can restore the missing state; treat that as a community workaround, not an official guarantee.

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Dressmaker

A cozy crafting and job simulation where players accept dress commissions, choose and cut fabric, assemble pattern pieces, sew, decorate, and deliver garments for coin and reputation.

Developer
Cozy Lives
Publisher
Free Lives
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Release
Released ·

Coverage boundary

Covered here

  • Reading commission requirements
  • Missing customer and commission progression
  • Finalization and missing-piece troubleshooting
  • Launch-build tutorial and cursor fixes
  • Cautious resource-recovery guidance

Not covered

  • Complete fabric, pattern, accessory, customer, or quest database
  • Exact scoring formulas
  • Dress Planner

Sources and version notes

This guide targets the full Steam release, not the older prototype. Identity and core gameplay come from the official Steam page and Free Lives press kit. Patch-specific answers come from official Dressmaker announcements. Community workarounds are labeled where used.

Evidence note: Applies to the full Steam release. Current verified build and last-verified date come from the Dressmaker version record. Official facts and patch notes are separated from community-reported workarounds.

Approved sources

  • Dressmaker on Steam

    Identity, developer, publisher, release date, platforms, core loop, named materials, single-player features.

    Retrieved

    Official source
  • Dressmaker Press Kit

    Core dressmaking workflow, developer/publisher, Windows/macOS, no prior dressmaking knowledge required.

    Retrieved

    Official source
  • Our First Patch Is Live! - Build 403

    Ring the bell for next customer; cutting tutorial cursor fix; failed accepted commissions payment fix; lace-tag fix.

    Retrieved

    Official patch
  • Patch Notes - Build 410

    Sketchbook clickability UX, thread colour, mannequin placement hint, and tutorial softlock fix.

    Retrieved

    Official patch
  • Bug on a task, unable to submit commission

    Repeated missing finalize reports; missing pieces/seams; save-reload community workaround; restarting a dress reported to restore cut fabric.

    Retrieved

    Community-reported