Last verified: 2026-10-01

Dressmaker won't let you finish the dress

I split this from the how-to-play page on purpose. The happy path is delivery. This page is the stall. I do not have a studio post that says "here is why hand-in is grey."

The official accessory screenshot labels Finish Dress after decoration. The finished-dress preview then shows Complete Commission, Keep working, and Sell dress as separate buttons. Check which stage you are in: finishing the garment and handing in a commission are different actions. These controls are screenshot evidence, not proof of a universal softlock repair.

• Update to Build 410. Build 403 also fixed a keyhole bodice and restored failed-commission payments when the character accepts the dress. Payment is not the same as being allowed to finish.
• Look for a missing required piece. A Steam thread describes Edith's first commission losing a left cuff pattern. That is one report, not a universal bug.
• Check hard rules: a tag under its number, or a banned tag above zero. The quality page collects those request types.
• If the dress is done and the shop is empty, ring the bell. That step is from Build 403.

Whether you can abandon a commission and take it again is not documented. I will not invent a cancel button.

Source: Builds 403 and 410. Edith cuff example is a Steam discussion report.