Dressmaker packs 32 achievements into its cozy tailoring loop, and the good news is that none of them are broken. The catch? Seven can be permanently missed if you’re careless, and one wrong dialogue choice with Vivian can quietly cost you an achievement you’ll only notice when the completion percentage stalls. This breakdown covers every achievement in the game, split into story-driven unlocks and interactive ones that demand specific actions—plus the shortcuts that make the grind painless.
Quick Overview Before You Start
Here’s the snapshot I’d want before committing to a full completion run.
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Total achievements | 32 |
| Broken achievements | None |
| Missable achievements | 7 |
| Minimum playthroughs | 1 |
| Estimated completion time | 40–50 hours |
If a single-playthrough completion is your goal, don’t skip side orders and read every dialogue line carefully—especially anything involving Vivian.
Story Achievements
These unlock automatically as you advance the plot and fulfill orders. They’re tied to completing character quest chains and finishing full clothing sets for specific events, so you can’t really miss them as long as you keep crafting.
| Achievement | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Good Girl Gone Vlad | Complete all of Vivian‘s major orders. |
| Swan Song | Complete all of Edith‘s major orders. |
| Go Off, Queen! | Complete all of Adora‘s major orders. |
| Caw Evermore | Complete all of Alice‘s major orders. |
| Prudence and Prejudice | Complete all of Prudence‘s major orders. |
| Snitches Get Stitches | Complete all of Dorothy‘s major orders. |
| A Rose By Any Other Name | Complete all of Rosa‘s major orders. |
| Drawn to Hue | Complete all of Pria‘s major orders. |
| G.O.A.T. | Complete all of Marie‘s major orders. |
| Reap what You Sew | Complete all of Fiona‘s major orders. |
| Laid To Dress | Complete all dresses for the Duke‘s funeral. |
| Style Goals | Complete all dresses for the Women’s Sports Day competition. |
| Dart Deco | Complete all dresses for Pria‘s exhibition opening. |
| Rooting For You | Complete all dresses for the Market Fair. |
| Hedge Your Bets | Complete all dresses required for the hedge maze exploration. |
| Don’t Wanna Miss A Spring | Complete all dresses for the Spring Festival. |
| Simply Beastly | Complete all dresses for the Twyllford pet show. |
| Smells like Sateen Spirit | Complete all dresses for Alice‘s séance. |
| Newlythreads | Complete all dresses for Duke Hassan‘s wedding. |
| A Midsummer Night’s Seam | Complete all dresses required for stargazing. |
| Extrav-organza | Complete all dresses for the Summer Ball. |
| On a High Note | Complete all dresses for Edith‘s opera gala. |
| Crowning Glory | Complete all dresses for the coronation. |
| Don We Now Our Gay Apparel | Complete all dresses for yet another wedding. |
Interactive Achievements
These require deliberate actions—specific dialogue picks, unusual crafting tasks, or interactions with particular characters. They won’t fire on their own.
| Achievement | Requirement |
|---|---|
| You’ve Got Mail | Finish Dorothy‘s first dress and receive Bertie. |
| Sucker for Punishment | When discussing animals with Vivian, pick the “Leech” option. |
| Birds of a Feather, Frock Together | Complete every order delivered by the pigeon. |
| Sew Long | Create a Ruffle skirt fabric design for the first time. |
| 99 Problems But A Stitch Aint One | Reach 100% quality on a dress—every cut piece and seam must be perfect. |
| Trim and Proper | Use more than 50 m of trim on a single dress. |
| Harder than it Seams | Place more than 300 accessories on a single dress. |
| Opulence and Excess | Spend more than 5,000 gold on a successfully completed dress. |
Notes That Save You Time
A few of these have shortcuts worth knowing. For 99 Problems But A Stitch Aint One, if hitting 100% quality feels brutal, you can switch on assistance in the settings menu—there’s no penalty for doing so. Trim and Proper and Harder than it Seams don’t require a specific order; you can craft any dress and sell it. I personally knocked out Trim and Proper on my first Adora order, but that’s just preference.
Editor Warning: For Harder than it Seams, the dress must actually be sold—simply crafting it won’t trigger the achievement. The cheapest method: make the simplest dress from any fabric, buy 300 buttons at 1 coin each, place them all, then sell the finished garment.
Opulence and Excess is far easier in the late game once money stops being tight. Trying to force it early will drain your funds for no reason.
Closing Thoughts
With every achievement mapped out, a full completion run is entirely manageable in one playthrough—just watch those dialogue choices and sell your experimental dresses instead of hoarding them. Happy stitching.
