
Bow Ballgown Skirt
- Eveningwear +25
- Formal +20
- 2 variants
- 11 panels
- High fabric use
- Prudence Lv. 4
Read from game data build 25482629, not written by hand.
What is Bow Ballgown Skirt good for?
Four answers, all read from the pattern's own variants.
Unlock
Reach relationship level 4 with Prudence and this pattern is handed over. What raises that relationship belongs to Prudence's page, not here.
Variants
Every way the game cuts Bow Ballgown Skirt. The numbers below follow the variant you pick.
- Variant 111 panelsHigh fabric useNo bias cut
- Variant 211 panelsHigh fabric useNo bias cutSame panels and cloth as 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.
Style contribution
Raises 9 styles and lowers 5.
- Eveningwear+25
- Formal+20
- Cute+15
- Elaborate+15
- Elegant+15
- Romantic+15
- Glamour+10
- Playful+10
- Warm+10
- Casual−5
- Daywear−5
- Professional−5
- Simple−5
- Workwear−5
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
Estimated use
4.893
Compared with the other Skirt variants: High.
Lower than 90% of Skirt variants.
The export's own estimate. The game data records no unit for it, which is why the band and the percentile beside it are the parts to compare.
- Panels
- 11 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 this page shows both as published.
How to unlock Bow Ballgown Skirt
Prudence · Relationship Lv. 4
Reach relationship level 4 with Prudence and this pattern is handed over. What raises that relationship belongs to Prudence's page, not here.
One of 117 patterns a relationship level hands over.
Why is this still locked?Where this pattern helps
What Bow Ballgown Skirt contributes, and the dresses the game itself validates with it.
Styles it brings
Validated dresses cut from it
No validated dress in this build is cut from Bow Ballgown Skirt. Rather than list the briefs that would merely allow it, here are the briefs that ask for the styles it raises.
Briefs that ask for these styles
The commission board indexes the styles Bow Ballgown Skirt raises, so each of these opens on the briefs asking for one of them.
Check what a dress costs and whether it passes, before you cut into anything.
Open in the solverSimilar patterns
Other Skirt patterns, each compared on its first cut, with the differences already worked out.
- Wavecrest Skirt11 panelsHigh+15 Daywear+15 EclecticUnlocked earlierCompare with Wavecrest Skirt

- Tulip Hip Skirt10 panelsHigh−15 Cute+15 Glamour1 fewer panelsUnlocked earlierCompare with Tulip Hip Skirt

- Mother of Pearl Skirt12 panelsHigh−20 Formal+15 Gothic1 more panelsUnlocked earlierCompare with Mother of Pearl Skirt

- Poinsetta Skirt18 panelsHigh+20 Gothic−10 Glamour7 more panelsUnlocked earlierCompare with Poinsetta Skirt

Use this pattern
Everything above is about Bow Ballgown Skirt on its own. These are the pages where it becomes a dress.
- Use in Dress BuilderPut Bow Ballgown Skirt in the Skirt slot and build the rest of the dress around it.
- Compare Bow Ballgown SkirtTake it into the finder's comparison tray, then pick a second pattern to weigh against it.
- All Skirt patternsEvery pattern of the same part, with the finder's own filters and sort orders.
Show the 11 panelsHide the panels
Pattern construction
Every panel in the selected variant, largest share of the cut first.
| Panel | Grain | Bias cut | Share of the cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skirt Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 17% of the cut |
| Skirt Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 14% of the cut |
| Skirt Left Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 14% of the cut |
| Skirt Right back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 14% of the cut |
| Skirt Left Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 12% of the cut |
| Skirt RIght Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 12% of the cut |
| Bow Left | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 8% of the cut |
| Bow Tail A | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 6% of the cut |
| Bow Tail B | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 3% of the cut |
| Skirt Belt Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 1% of the cut |
| Skirt Belt Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 1% of the cut |
Shares are of this variant's own cut, not of the whole dress.
The systems behind this page
This page used four rules without teaching them. These pages own them.
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 estimate on this page comes from.
OpenProgression Unlocks
Which relationships and levels hand over which patterns, across the whole catalogue.
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