Dressmaker: return to an unfinished commission

This 1:17 tutorial follows one existing Rose commission after loading the test save. It shows the desk book, A/D page controls, the retained brief and scores, and an actual captured still of the Restart Dress warning. Recorded October 26, 2026, Mac Build 447.804bb8a.

In this test, A moved from Rose’s Librarian Workwear to Friendships and Dress History. D returned to Rose’s page. The brief still asked for Quality 60 and Professional 40; the displayed results stayed 78/60 and 66/40, with 386 coins. These are the values of our saved example, not a required design or payment demonstration.

1. Load the same save and open the book on the shop desk.
2. Use A for Previous Page and D for Next Page, as shown in the native prompt bar.
3. Read the customer and commission name on the returned page before making changes.

We separately selected Restart Dress in the backed-up test save. Its warning said it would reset all progress on the current dress. Confirming it returned the sketch to Draft Pattern and the displayed Quality and Professional progress to zero. The remaining displayed fabric and coins did not change in this test, which does not establish a refund of earlier purchases. The tutorial shows the warning as a labelled still; it does not show the reset action. Use the book’s page controls to navigate when you want to retain your work.

One existing unfinished commission was present. We did not test selecting among multiple unfinished drafts, every customer, the community bookmark/page-corner sequence, or restoration of missing, deleted or corrupted save data. The earlier player-reported route below retains that narrower attribution. A dress that is present but cannot finish sewing is a separate problem.

Check sewing pins and a missing Finish Dress button

Ronnie-May asked how to return to Marie’s commission after experimenting with an off-rack dress. A second player reported the same confusion. Their replies say they found it; bees supplies the navigation details.

1. Open the draft book and locate the red bookmark with the white dress symbol at its upper-left edge.

   Checked on screen · Oct 11, 2026

   2:48–3:08 · 20 sThe draft book’s red bookmark with the white dress icon, upper left

   2:48–3:08The draft book’s red bookmark with the white dress icon, upper left
2. Use that tab to look for the commission you want to resume.
3. If a different dress is already open, hover over the folded lower-left or lower-right page corner to turn pages, as bees describes.

As a final check, read the customer and brief before making further changes. Kingy recommends noting both names in your saved progress so you can distinguish an off-rack experiment from a commission.

The discussion does not establish recovery for a deleted dress, a missing save or a commission that is no longer in the book. Kingy has not independently reproduced this reported bookmark/page-corner sequence; the Mac A/D test above is a separate, narrower check.