Can't finish a commission in Dressmaker?

When the Finish Dress button shows

• The Finish Dress button appears once every pattern piece is on the mannequin and every seam is sewn.
• The requirement lines have nothing to do with the Finish Dress button. The game only checks them when you deliver the dress.
• The seam ripper opens up a piece's seams, and the Finish Dress card hides until every seam is sewn again.

First checks

• Each open commission keeps its own dress, and the one you finish is whichever page is open in the sketchbook. So turn to that commission's page first.
• You won't see Complete Commission while the sketchbook is open on an off-the-rack dress.

A few bugs can also hide the button, like a small piece out of sight. The known issues page lists them, with the workarounds players found.

Delivery

Once the last seam is sewn, you'll see the first card below. Press Finish Dress and take your photo, and the second card appears.

• Only Complete Commission completes a commission. If you sell or gift its dress instead, the commission stays open with no dress, and you'll need to sew a new one.
• If the dress misses a requirement line, Complete Commission asks you to confirm first. You can still deliver it, but the debrief will count it as failed.
• Gift Dress only shows up on the photo screen once gifting has opened.

Success or failure

• A commission is a success when the dress meets every requirement line that applies to it. Miss one and it fails.
• You get a commission's budget when you deliver the dress, even if the dress fails. The exception is 18 story commissions, where a failed dress reopens the commission and you get another try.
• A commission that succeeds gives +1 friendship (one star) and +1 prestige. A failed one gives +0.25 friendship and +0.25 prestige.

Prestige gets a little smaller with each dress you finish. The money guide has the rule.

Reopened commissions

The money guide lists the story commissions that reopen after a failed dress.

Next commission

• Story commissions come one at a time. When one is over, ring the bell for the next.
• Once you complete a commission, the game never offers it again.