Last verified: 2026-10-01

Quality score in Dressmaker

The achievement 99 Problems But A Stitch Ain't One says "Achieve 100% quality on a dress" and was at 74.5% on the 1 October 2026 recheck. That confirms a 100% score exists; it does not publish a score formula.

The 31 August 2026 team post says Sabrina turns the look of a garment into tag scores. Tags are designed, not a random roll. KeenGamer's commission tables, which I have not re-checked inside the game, show requests such as Quality at or above 80, Eveningwear at or above 60, a colour percent, and a ban such as Flowers at or below 0. A colour list without a percent is described there as colours you may use, not colours you must fill.

Sewing the line

1. Read the active brief before choosing cloth. The official sketchbook screenshot shows Quality, Flowers, Cute, and Romantic as separate requirements, so a good stitch alone does not satisfy every request.
2. Check the grain indicators while placing patterns. The official cutting screenshot shows a Grain Quality percentage for each piece. The store description says orientation affects the finished garment.
3. Follow the seam and use the sewing speed controls shown on the official screenshot: W and S. The community achievement guide also recommends sewing assist and slowing down around corners; that advice is not an official scoring guarantee.
4. Compare the finished garment with the actual brief and add the required decoration. Use the achievement list to confirm the target, not a guessed weight table.

Players ask about going over the line of the style guide. I cannot tell from the sources whether that means the stitch path or a sketch line. Community notes say a sewing assist exists and that slowing the machine helps. I am marking both as player reports, not as a formula.

Using a lot of trim is not automatically bad. Trim and Proper asks for more than 50 metres of trim on one dress. Opulence and Excess asks you to spend more than 5,000 gold on a successful dress.

Source: Steam achievements. 100% achievement text. Tag-score design from the 31 August 2026 Steam post. Threshold examples from KeenGamer, unchecked in-game.