Bell Sleeve
Bell Sleeve is a Sleeve pattern that adds Eclectic +10, Casual +5, Elaborate +5, Elegant +5. It uses 2 panels and its fabric use is Medium. It unlocks at relationship level 1 with Dorothy.
- Eclectic +10
- Casual +5
- 2 variants
- 2 panels
- Medium fabric use
- Dorothy Lv. 1
Read from game data build 25482629, not written by hand.
What is Bell Sleeve good for?
Four answers, all read from the pattern's own variants.
What is it best for?
How do I unlock it?
Complete Dorothy's commissions and raise the relationship to level 1, and the pattern is yours.
How to unlock Bell Sleeve
Dorothy · Relationship Lv. 1
- Character
- Dorothy
- Relationship level
- 1
Complete Dorothy's commissions and raise the relationship to level 1, and the pattern is yours.
One of 117 patterns a relationship level hands over.
Why is this still locked?Variants
Every way the game cuts Bell Sleeve. The numbers below follow the variant you pick.
- Variant 12 panelsMedium fabric use · 0.768No bias cut
- Variant 22 panelsLow fabric use · 0.448No bias cutLess cloth than variant 1
Only the construction numbers change with the variant. The style contribution is declared on the pattern, so every cut brings the same of it.
Pattern pieces
Select a piece to see where it sits on the garment and which way its grain runs.
- 2 pieces
Body position
Some pieces do not say where they go. Those are listed without a position.
Need help with cutting?
Did you cut every Bell Sleeve piece?
Tick the pieces you have cut. Whatever is left unticked is what the pattern still owes you.
Missing 2 of 2: Sleeve Right and Sleeve Left
What styles does Bell Sleeve add?
Raises 10 styles and lowers 0.
This pattern adds its own style contribution. The fabric you cut it in changes the final dress score further, and so do the other three patterns.
How style scores workFabric use & construction
Compared with the other Sleeve variants: Medium.
Lower than 14% of Sleeve variants.
- Estimated use
- 0.768
The export's own estimate. The game data names no unit for it, which is why the band and the percentile beside it are the parts to compare.
Calculate fabric use for Bell Sleeve- Panels
- 2 panels
- Grain directions
- Straight grain
- Grain is read from the direction each panel is laid in the export. Bias cut is the game's own per-panel flag rather than a reading of that vector, and where the two disagree both are shown as published.
Where Bell Sleeve is useful
What Bell Sleeve contributes, and the dresses the game itself validates with it.
Styles Bell Sleeve helps with
Commissions using Bell Sleeve
- Art AppreciatorUsed in a validated solutionAs the Sleeve+5 Glamour, against a brief asking at least 80+5 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 40+5 Elaborate, against a brief asking at least 50
- Gala SupporterUsed in a validated solutionAs the Sleeve+5 Glamour, against a brief asking at least 50+5 Eveningwear, against a brief asking at least 40+10 Eclectic, against a brief asking at least 50
Other commissions asking for these styles
The commission board indexes the styles Bell Sleeve raises, so each of these opens on the briefs asking for one of them.
Lay Art Appreciator out on the solver's board and see what a dress that passes it is made of.
Open in the solverBell Sleeve alternatives
Other Sleeve patterns, each compared on its first cut, with the differences already worked out.
- Godiva Sleeve4 panelsMedium+15 Gothic+10 Eclectic2 more panels1 fewer variantsBell Sleeve vs Godiva Sleeve
- Poet Sleeve4 panelsMedium+10 Cool−5 Casual2 more panels1 fewer variantsBell Sleeve vs Poet Sleeve
- Capulet Sleeve6 panelsMedium+7 Romantic−5 Casual4 more panels1 fewer variantsBell Sleeve vs Capulet Sleeve
- Elbow Length Juliet Sleeve4 panelsMedium−10 Eclectic−5 Casual2 more panels1 fewer variantsBell Sleeve vs Elbow Length Juliet Sleeve
Use this pattern
Everything above is about Bell Sleeve on its own. These are the pages where it becomes a dress.
- Use Bell Sleeve in Dress BuilderPut Bell Sleeve in the Sleeve slot and build the rest of the dress around it.
- Compare Bell SleeveTake it into the finder's comparison tray, then pick a second pattern to weigh against it.
- All Sleeve patternsEvery pattern of the same part, with the finder's own filters and sort orders.
Bell Sleeve questions
How do I unlock Bell Sleeve?
Dorothy hands it over at relationship level 1.
Which styles does Bell Sleeve raise?
Its strongest contributions are Eclectic +10, Casual +5, Elaborate +5, Elegant +5.
How many pieces does Bell Sleeve have?
It uses 2 panels.
Does Bell Sleeve use bias cut?
No. Every panel is laid on the straight grain.
Is Bell Sleeve fabric-efficient?
It sits in the Medium band — lower than 14% of Sleeve patterns.
What commissions use Bell Sleeve?
It is cut into 2 validated commission solutions.
Learn the systems behind this pattern
Style scores, cutting, cloth and unlocking each have a page of their own.
How Style Scores Work
What a pattern's tag, a fabric's weight and an accessory's pull each do to the final score.
OpenCutting & Bias
What laying a panel on the bias does to the way a dress falls, and when it is worth the cloth.
OpenFabric Usage
How much cloth each part of a dress takes, and where the fabric-use estimate comes from.
OpenProgression Unlocks
Which relationships and levels hand over which patterns, across the whole catalogue.
Open
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