DATABASE / PATTERNS · CHECKED SEPTEMBER 28, 2026
Dressmaker Pattern Reference
Bodice and skirt records, their base cost, and the fabric each one expects.
What a pattern record holds
A pattern is the shape a garment is cut from, so its record answers four questions in order: what the pattern is called, which family it belongs to, what the pattern itself costs, and which fabric it is built to take. The table below shows the first three directly in its Name, Type and Base cost columns.
The fourth, the fabric each pattern expects, is the reason this page is read next to the fabric reference rather than on its own. A pattern name without a material attached cannot be costed, and a material price without a pattern quantity cannot be turned into a garment price.
Why base cost is a separate field
Base cost is what the pattern costs on its own. It is not the cost of making anything, and it should never be quoted as though it were. When a commission has a budget, the pattern is one line in that budget, fabric is another, and accessories may be a third.
Keeping the fields apart also makes a mismatch visible. If a total looks wrong, the pattern base cost, the fabric price and the quantity can each be checked against their own source instead of the whole figure being treated as one unverifiable number. That is the structure the commission checker is built around: it takes the parts and adds them for you, so the arithmetic is repeatable and the inputs stay auditable.
Bodice and skirt records as the current scope
The reference tracks bodice and skirt entries because the checked sources describe those two families in enough detail to encode a name, a type and a cost. That is a statement about the scope of this page, not a claim about how many pattern families the game contains.
A family with no published row is simply unverified here. It is not absent from the game, and this page does not claim it is. If a source later states a pattern's name, family and cost together, the row can be added without changing the table's shape.
Why the table is empty
At the September 28, 2026 check, no source in scope gave a pattern name alongside a stated base cost. Steam announcements describe the game's design goals rather than listing pattern prices, and the community guides that were read cover money and achievements without a pattern table that could be transcribed line by line.
Rather than publish a partial row, the table stays empty and says so. A named pattern with a guessed cost would look more useful than it is, and it would be copied into other people's notes before anyone could correct it.
What to do while the table is empty
Read the pattern name and cost from your own session, then enter them into the checker with the fabric price and the commission budget you are working to. The result tells you whether the candidate garment fits the budget on your numbers, and it will keep working the same way once published rows replace your manual input.
Accessory spending is handled through the accessory reference, which publishes under the same rule, and every page in this group is re-read against the source register on the site snapshot date.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the pattern table empty?
A pattern row needs a name, a type, a base cost and the fabric it expects, all stated by a dated source. The September 28, 2026 check did not find that combination for a named pattern, so no row is published and no cost is guessed.
What do the three pattern columns mean?
Name is the pattern as it appears in the source, Type places it in the family the source describes, and Base cost is the figure stated for the pattern itself. Fabric consumption and accessory spending are tracked as separate fields elsewhere.
Does a pattern base cost equal the cost of a finished garment?
No. The base cost covers the pattern, while the finished outfit also consumes fabric and may take accessories. The checker adds the parts you enter so the total can be compared against a commission budget.
Which pattern families does this reference track?
The scope is bodice and skirt records, because those are the families the checked sources describe in enough detail to encode. Other families are added only if a source states their name, type and cost clearly.