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Commission requirements

Every commission lists what your client wants under Requirements in the sketchbook.

Every line is written in one of 13 ways, and each one has its own card below. Trim length gets two cards, because Lace Trim and Trim count different accessories.

A commission is a success when the dress meets every requirement line that applies to it. Miss one and it fails.

Why isn't my line green?

Pick the line that sounds like yours. Each answer explains the cause and the fix, then links to its card further down.

Want to test a dress before you sew it? Try the Requirements Check.

  1. My Elaborate (Max) bar is full, but the line fails

    Elaborate (Max) is a ceiling: stay at its number or under it.

    An "at most" tag line passes when the dress has that many points or fewer. No points of that tag at all? That passes too.

    A tag score adds up your patterns, the fabric of each piece on the mannequin, and your accessories. Every accessory you place also adds 1 Elaborate.

    Try this Bring the score down: take off an accessory, or swap the pattern part or fabric that carries that tag.

    Full rule: Tag score, at most · What (Max) on a line means

  2. My quality was high, and the commission still failed

    Only one commission has a quality line with a maximum: Not Haughty wants a quality of at most 70. A tag line with a maximum says (Max) on its score bar, but this bar just says Quality, so it looks like any other target.

    Try this For Not Haughty, turn a piece or two off the grain before you cut, or let a few stitches wander from the seam line.

    Full rule: Quality, at most · Quality too high? One commission has a cap

  3. The bar was green in the sketchbook, but the finished dress missed the line

    In the sketchbook, each tag bar has two greens. The darker green is what your patterns bring, and the lighter green after it is your fabrics. With more than one fabric, the bar reaches as far as your strongest one. The finished dress counts each fabric by the part it's on (skirt 40%, bodice 35%, sleeves 15%, collar 10%), so the score can land lower.

    Try this Aim a little over the number, and put the fabric with that tag on the skirt or the bodice.

    Full rule: Tag score

  4. I keep adding accessories, but the tag won't go up

    Accessories that share a tag add less and less. The strongest counts in full, the next 85%, the one after 72%, and so on. Even a big pile of them adds up to less than 6.7 times the strongest one.

    Fabric adds to a tag score part by part. The skirt's fabric gives 40% of its tag points, the bodice's 35%, the sleeves' 15% and the collar's 10%. Inside a part, each piece counts by its size, and only pieces on the mannequin count. No collar or no sleeves? Then the other parts share out what that part would have given.

    Try this Change the fabric of a big piece, like the skirt or the bodice, or pick a pattern part that carries the tag.

    Full rule: Tag score · Tag stopped rising? How accessories count

  5. My Sequin, Silk or Lace percent line is stuck

    A fabric percent line, like a lace one, counts the dress part by part: the skirt makes up 40% of the line, the bodice 35%, the sleeves 15% and the collar 10%. No collar or no sleeves? The other parts share out that bit. Inside a part, each cut piece of that fabric type counts by its size, out of the whole part, cut or not. The metres you bought don't count, and a collar cut all in lace gives its 10% however small it is.

    Try this Cut the skirt or the bodice from that fabric. Accessories don't count here, and a piece you haven't cut yet adds nothing.

    Full rule: Share of one fabric type

  6. The whole dress is black, so why does the colour line fail?

    A colour line looks at every cut piece. A fabric in a colour that isn't allowed breaks it, and so does a two-colour fabric if even one of its colours isn't allowed.

    A colour percent line counts the dress part by part, not the metres you bought. The skirt makes up 40% of the line, the bodice 35%, the sleeves 15% and the collar 10%. No collar or no sleeves? The other parts share out that bit. Inside a part, each cut piece of that colour counts by its size, out of the whole part, cut or not. A fabric with more than one colour splits its share evenly between its colours.

    Try this Open each fabric's page and read its colours. The game goes by that list, not by how the cloth looks.

    Full rule: Use only these colours, Share of one colour

  7. It keeps saying I don't have enough colours

    A "Different colours" line counts the colours of the fabrics on your pieces. Each colour counts once, so two fabrics in the same colour add just one, however different they look. A two-colour fabric adds both of its colours. Accessories never add any.

    Try this Cut at least one piece from a fabric in a colour the dress doesn't have yet.

    Full rule: Different colours

  8. My Lace Trim line won't count my lace

    Lace comes in two kinds of line. "Use 100cm of Lace Trim" adds up the length of the Lace Trim lines you draw on the dress, and 100 cm is just 1 m. Lace fabric and other trims don't count for it. "Lace: at least 40%" wants lace fabric over that share of the whole dress, by area, and lace trim doesn't count there.

    Try this Check the type on the accessory's page before you buy. Only Lace Trim counts for this line.

    Full rule: Length of Lace Trim, Share of one fabric type · Lace trim not counting?

  9. I have flowers on the dress, but the Flower line won't fill

    Two lines can look alike. "Flowers: 60" is a tag score, and fabric, patterns and accessories all add to it. "Flower: at least 3" counts flower accessories one by one, and fabric never adds to it.

    Try this For the Flower line, place flower accessories. For the Flowers tag, fabric and pattern parts help too.

    Full rule: Number of accessories of one type, Tag score · Flowers or Flower?

All 78 commissions together have 375 lines.

Tag score

In the game it reads [tag]: [number]

For example, in Librarian Workwear
  • Professional: 40

This line passes when the finished dress scores the number or more in that tag. A tag the dress doesn't have at all counts as 0.

The final score adds the tag points of your patterns, the fabric of each piece on the mannequin (weighted by dress part, then by piece size) and your accessories, then rounds up to a whole number.

Short tag bars

In the sketchbook, each tag bar has two greens. The darker green is what your patterns bring, and the lighter green after it is your fabrics. With more than one fabric, the bar reaches as far as your strongest one. The finished dress counts each fabric by the part it's on (skirt 40%, bodice 35%, sleeves 15%, collar 10%), so the score can land lower.

Both greens turn red while the bar is short of the number the commission asks for.

Accessories don't show on those bars at all. They count on the finished dress, and each one counts less than the one before: the accessory with the most points of that tag counts in full, the next one 85%, the one after that 85% of that, and so on. Accessories alone never add more than 6⅔ times the points of your strongest one.

A trim you draw along a line adds its tag points once for each whole metre, plus a share for the last part of a metre. Each metre counts as one more accessory in the rule above.

Colour lines only look at your fabric pieces. Accessories never count, however colourful they are.

You'll meet this line 211 times, across 75 commissions.

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You'll also find it in the gift commissions of: Rose, Prudence, Priya, Marie, Edith, Fiona, Alice, Vivian, Dorothy, Adora.

Tag score, at most

In the game it reads [tag]: at most [number]

For example, in Chilly Overtime
  • Cute: at most 20

This line passes when the finished dress scores the number or less in that tag. A tag the dress doesn't have counts as 0, so that passes.

In the game, the score bar for a line like this is labelled Cute (Max).

Never the Bride has the strictest line: Flowers: at most 0. At most 0 means the dress can't have a single Flowers point. The game rounds scores up, so even a little tips it over. One piece of a fabric like Strawberry Fields Cotton Print, or one accessory like Lilac Silk Daisy, is usually enough to fail the line. Some patterns carry Flowers points too, so check those as well. Everything with Flowers

Easy to miss

An "at most" tag line passes when the dress has that many points or fewer. No points of that tag at all? That passes too.

Patterns, fabrics and accessories can all add points.

Every accessory on the dress adds 1 to Elaborate.

You'll meet this line 5 times, across 4 commissions.

Quality

In the game it reads Quality: [number]

For example, in Librarian Workwear
  • Quality: 60

This line passes when the dress's quality is the number or more.

For a commission, quality = 0.3 x grain + 0.2 x fit + 0.5 x stitching, rounded to a whole number. Fit is how well the mannequin matches your client's measurements.

You'll meet this line 76 times, across 76 commissions.

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You'll also find it in the gift commissions of: Rose, Prudence, Priya, Marie, Edith, Fiona, Alice, Vivian, Dorothy, Adora.

Quality, at most

In the game it reads Quality: at most [number]

For example, in Not Haughty
  • Quality: at most 70

This line passes when the dress's quality is the number or less.

Easy to miss

Yes, your sewing can be too good here. Keep quality at or under the number.

You'll meet this line once, in one commission.

Share of one fabric type

In the game it reads [fabric type]: at least [number]%

For example, in Nocturnal Glamour
  • Velvet: at least 50%

This line passes when pieces cut from fabric of this type reach that percent of the dress.

Each part of the dress counts for a fixed share: the skirt 40%, the bodice 35%, the sleeves 15% and the collar 10%. No collar or no sleeves? The other parts share out that bit. Inside a part, each piece counts by its size.

Easy to miss

Only the pieces you've cut count, not the metres you bought.

You'll meet this line 21 times, across 13 commissions.

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You'll also find it in the gift commissions of: Rose, Prudence, Marie, Edith, Alice, Vivian, Adora.

Share of one colour

In the game it reads [colour]: at least [number]%

For example, in Respectful Funeral
  • Black: at least 50%

This line passes when the cut pieces in this colour reach that percent of the dress.

Each part of the dress counts for a fixed share: the skirt 40%, the bodice 35%, the sleeves 15% and the collar 10%. No collar or no sleeves? The other parts share out that bit. Inside a part, each piece counts by its size.

Easy to miss

A two-colour fabric gives half of each piece's share to each of its colours.

Only your fabric pieces count here. Accessories never count, whatever their colour.

You'll meet this line 12 times, across 9 commissions.

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You'll also find it in the gift commissions of: Rose, Prudence, Priya, Marie, Edith, Fiona, Alice, Vivian, Dorothy, Adora.

Use only these colours

In the game it reads Use only: [colour], [colour], ...

For example, in Fierce Funeral
  • Use only: Black

This line passes when every cut piece uses a fabric with only the colours in the list.

Easy to miss

A colour line looks at every cut piece. A fabric in a colour that isn't allowed breaks it, and so does a two-colour fabric if even one of its colours isn't allowed.

"Use only" can name colours or fabric types, so check the words that follow it.

Only your fabric pieces count here. Accessories never count, whatever their colour.

You'll meet this line 10 times, across 10 commissions.

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Avoid these colours

In the game it reads Avoid: [colour], [colour], ...

For example, in Flamboyant Funeral
  • Avoid: Black

It's the same rule as "Use only" for colours: every cut piece needs a fabric in allowed colours only.

The game just says "Avoid" and names the colours you can't use when that list is shorter than the list of allowed colours.

Easy to miss

A colour line looks at every cut piece. A fabric in a colour that isn't allowed breaks it, and so does a two-colour fabric if even one of its colours isn't allowed.

Only your fabric pieces count here. Accessories never count, whatever their colour.

You'll meet this line 2 times, across 2 commissions.

Use only these fabric types

In the game it reads Use only: [fabric type], [fabric type], ...

For example, in Spring Fete
  • Use only: Silk

This line passes when every cut piece uses a fabric of a type in the list.

Easy to miss

"Use only" can name colours or fabric types, so check the words that follow it.

You'll meet this line 4 times, across 4 commissions.

Number of accessories of one type

In the game it reads [accessory type]: at least [number]

For example, in Biographer's Interview
  • Brooch: at least 1

This line passes when the dress has at least that many accessories of this type. An accessory that carries beads of this type adds one for each bead.

Some International Emporium accessories carry beads that count toward a type: 4 for Bell, 11 for Jewel, 1 for Lace Trim, 9 for Tassel.

Easy to miss

Short of a count? One beaded trim can fill the line faster than many single accessories.

You'll meet this line 21 times, across 19 commissions.

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You'll also find it in the gift commissions of: Rose, Prudence, Priya, Edith, Fiona, Dorothy, Adora.

Length of Lace Trim

In the game it reads Use [number]cm of Lace Trim

For example, in Studious Motivation
  • Use 100cm of Lace Trim

The game adds up the length of every Lace Trim accessory on the dress, in centimetres, and the line passes at the number or more.

Easy to miss

A trim length line only counts accessories of its own type, Lace Trim or Trim, and only their length. Other accessories and fabric don't add anything.

You'll meet this line 3 times, across 3 commissions.

Length of Trim

In the game it reads Use [number]cm of Trim

For example, in Gala Supporter
  • Use 20cm of Trim

The game adds up the length of every Trim accessory on the dress, in centimetres, and the line passes at the number or more.

Easy to miss

A trim length line only counts accessories of its own type, Lace Trim or Trim, and only their length. Other accessories and fabric don't add anything.

You'll meet this line 3 times, across 3 commissions.

You'll also find it in the gift commissions of: Marie.

Different colours

In the game it reads Different colours: at least [number]

For example, in Vegetable Empire
  • Different colours: at least 3

This line passes when your fabric pieces have at least that many different colours between them.

Easy to miss

Only your fabric pieces count here. Accessories never count, whatever their colour.

You'll meet this line 5 times, across 5 commissions.

Different fabrics

In the game it reads Different fabrics: at least [number]

For example, in Precious Pigeon
  • Different fabrics: at least 4

This line passes when the dress's pieces use at least that many different fabrics.

You'll meet this line once, in one commission.

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