
Waistcoat Skirt
- Professional +25
- Daywear +20
- One cut
- 9 panels
- High fabric use
- Rose Lv. 1
Read from game data build 25482629, not written by hand.
What is Waistcoat Skirt good for?
Four answers, all read from the pattern's own variants.
Unlock
Reach relationship level 1 with Rose and this pattern is handed over. What raises that relationship belongs to Rose's page, not here.
Variants
The game ships one way to cut Waistcoat Skirt.
Style contribution
Raises 9 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
Estimated use
2,054
Compared with the other Skirt variants: High.
Lower than 42% 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
- 9 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 Waistcoat Skirt
Rose · Relationship Lv. 1
Reach relationship level 1 with Rose and this pattern is handed over. What raises that relationship belongs to Rose's page, not here.
One of 117 patterns a relationship level hands over.
Why is this still locked?Where this pattern helps
What Waistcoat Skirt contributes, and the dresses the game itself validates with it.
Styles it brings
Validated dresses cut from it
- Beloved OxIn a validated dressAs the Skirt+25 Professional, against a brief asking at least 60+20 Daywear, against a brief asking at least 25+15 Cute, against a brief asking at least 40

- Perfect PicnicIn a validated dressAs the Skirt+10 Cool, against a brief asking at least 50+20 Daywear, against a brief asking at least 40+15 Eclectic, against a brief asking at least 40

- Poetic MuseIn a validated dressAs the Skirt+15 Cute, against a brief asking at least 50+10 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 50+25 Professional, against a brief asking at least 50

- A gift for AliceIn a validated dressAs the Skirt+10 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 50+15 Cute, against a brief asking at least 50

Briefs that ask for these styles
The commission board indexes the styles Waistcoat Skirt raises, so each of these opens on the briefs asking for one of them.
Lay Beloved Ox out on the solver's board and see what a dress that passes it is made of.
Open in the solverSimilar patterns
Other Skirt patterns, each compared on its first cut, with the differences already worked out.
- Curved Peplum Skirt11 panelsHigh−15 Cute−15 Eclectic2 more panelsUnlocked laterCompare with Curved Peplum Skirt

- Princess Skirt6 panelsHigh−15 Eclectic+15 Simple3 fewer panelsUnlocked earlierCompare with Princess Skirt

- Straight Long Skirt6 panelsHigh−15 Cute−15 Eclectic3 fewer panelsUnlocked earlierCompare with Straight Long Skirt

- Circle Peplum Skirt11 panelsHigh−15 Cute−15 Eclectic2 more panelsUnlocked laterCompare with Circle Peplum Skirt

Use this pattern
Everything above is about Waistcoat Skirt on its own. These are the pages where it becomes a dress.
- Use in Dress BuilderPut Waistcoat Skirt in the Skirt slot and build the rest of the dress around it.
- Compare Waistcoat 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 9 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 Left | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 26% of the cut |
| Skirt Right | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 26% of the cut |
| Skirt Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 21% of the cut |
| Skirt Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 21% of the cut |
| Skirt Peplum Left | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 1% of the cut |
| Skirt Peplum Right | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 1% of the cut |
| Skirt Peplum Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 1% of the cut |
| Skirt Peplum Front Left | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 1% of the cut |
| Skirt Peplum Front Right | 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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