
Dressmaker Fabric
Burlap
- Uncomfortable +50
- Patterned +10
- Free
- Available from the start
Read from game build 25482629.
Is Burlap useful?
Four answers, all read from the game's own numbers.
Good for
Availability
Available from the start
You have this fabric from the first day, with no relationship level or prestige level in the way.
Style scores
Raises 2 styles and lowers 16.
- Uncomfortable+50
- Patterned+10
- Casual−10
- Cool−10
- Cute−10
- Daywear−10
- Eclectic−10
- Elaborate−10
- Elegant−10
- Formal−10
- Glamour−10
- Gothic−10
- Playful−10
- Professional−10
- Risqué−10
- Romantic−10
- Eveningwear−20
- Flowers−20
Fabric style scores add to the final style of your dress together with its patterns and accessories. A negative weight is a contribution too: cloth that lowers Formal is exactly what a brief asking for low Formal wants.
How style scores add upProperties
How to get Burlap
Available from the start
You have this fabric from the first day, with no relationship level or prestige level in the way.
See the unlock ladderWhy is this still locked?Where this fabric works well
Read from Burlap against the other 351 fabrics, not written by hand.
The only Burlap fabric in the game, so nothing else answers a brief that names Burlap.
See them allThe one fabric that costs nothing, which makes it the answer when a brief's budget is the hard part.
Cheapest firstIts strongest contribution is 50 Uncomfortable.
Fabrics strong for Uncomfortable
Commissions where Burlap can help
Dresses the game itself validates with this fabric, and the requirement of each brief that the fabric answers.
In a validated dressTomb Raider
100% of the dress
- −10 Elaborate, against a brief asking at most 5
- Its Brown is a colour the brief asks for
In a validated dressChilly Overtime
96% of the dress
- −10 Cute, against a brief asking at most 20
- −10 Romantic, against a brief asking at most 20
In a validated dressGoat Mediation
82% of the dress
- +10 Patterned, against a brief asking at least 50
- −10 Formal, against a brief asking at most 40
In a validated dressNot Haughty
100% of the dress
- +50 Uncomfortable, against a brief asking at least 25
In a validated dressAspiring Florist
97% of the dress
- +10 Patterned, against a brief asking at least 20
In a validated dressReporter Fiona
97% of the dress
- Its Brown is a colour the brief asks for
Briefs that name what this fabric is
The commission board already indexes Burlap's material, colours and styles, so each of these opens on the briefs that ask for one of them.
Lay out Tomb Raider on the solver's board and try this fabric against it.
Open in the solverSimilar fabrics
Alternatives to Burlap, matched on material, colour, style profile and price — with the differences already worked out.
- Brown Wool PinstripesWoolCost 10+60 Professional−50 Uncomfortable10 more expensiveCompare with Brown Wool Pinstripes

- Khaki Cotton DotsCottonCost 10+90 Patterned+60 Casual10 more expensiveCompare with Khaki Cotton Dots

- Brown ArgyleWoolCost 30+90 Patterned+60 Professional30 more expensiveCompare with Brown Argyle

- Houndstooth Cool BrownWoolCost 30+90 Patterned+60 Professional30 more expensiveCompare with Houndstooth Cool Brown

Try it in a dress
Everything above is about Burlap on its own. These pages are where it becomes a dress.
In-game description
Recycled material from sacks for transporting flour, potatoes and animal feed. Useful in dire circumstances.
The game's own text, as shipped.
The systems behind this page
This page used four rules without teaching them. These are the pages that own them.
Style scores
How a fabric's weight, a pattern's tag and an accessory's pull add up to the score a brief checks.
OpenProgression
How prestige rises, since every fabric in the game is gated behind it.
OpenUnlock Finder
What opens next at the level you are on, across fabrics, patterns and accessories.
OpenFabric Finder
The full catalogue, filterable by material, colour, style, budget and unlock status.
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