Rose, the librarian

Rose is the first person through the door, and her work dress is the tutorial. She keeps coming back, and two of her cards carry ceilings as well as floors: go too cute, too romantic or too elaborate and the dress fails.

Name

Rose

In Twillford

the town librarian, and your first client

Cards

7

Story achievement

A Rose By Any Other Name, 2.1% of players

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Measurements (bust / waist / hips, cm): 86.3 / 68.8 / 95.8. ≈ means approximate. Check fit and the measuring tape.

Librarian Conference: check the card without reading ahead

Rose’s conversation does not replace this commission’s requirements. To pass Librarian Conference, meet all six lines below; ignoring a line still makes the submitted dress fail. This check covers the dress, without revealing her later story or promising a particular story ending.

Card check	Target	What to change
Quality	70+	Check grain, fit and sewing
Professional	50+	Compare pattern and fabric tag scores
Formal	25+	Compare pattern and fabric tag scores
Daywear	30+	Compare pattern and fabric tag scores
Linen	25% dress area	Give this material enough dress area
Wool	25% dress area	Give this material enough dress area

Linen and Wool are two separate area checks. Buying a roll or placing a tiny swatch is not enough. Each needs at least 25% and 25% of the finished dress respectively; assigning one to a large part and the other to the remaining parts is a starting point. Check the actual shares before changing decorations.

The card pays a budget of 200. Compare the materials in the planner before buying; the picture below shows passing requirements, not a shopping list or an exact cost.

Plan only Librarian Conference · Find the failing requirement · Check Rose’s mannequin size.

Did you mean Librarian Workwear, Rose’s first dress?

Workwear is a different card: Quality 60+; Professional 40+. It does not require the Conference card’s Linen and Wool split. Plan the first dress.

The sections below list Rose’s later commissions. Stay with the tools above if you want to check this dress without reading ahead.

Rose’s commission requirements at a glance

On a phone, swipe the table to see budgets and planning tools.

Rose: a dress that passes one card can fail the next

Commission	Check before reusing a dress	Next step
Chilly Overtime	Cute: 20 max; Romantic: 20 max	Walkthrough
Tomb Raider	Elaborate: 5 max	Plan this card
Rodent Relations	Cute: 50+; Playful: 50+; Sequin: 10; Pink: 30	Plan this card

Pink and Sequin are separate composition goals. Build 443 weights small parts more strongly, so recheck both percentages in the game after updating. A sequin fabric need not carry a Pink tag. See the composition guide. Pattern effects and the chosen fabrics still set the final tag scores.

Rose’s commissions

1. “Tweed-eater moths infested my wardrobe, and chewed holes right through my skirts. It's mortifying!” Only Professional 40 and Quality 60 stand between you and the first delivery, and her verdict when it lands is “Oh, thank goodness! This is suitable for the library, and looks wonderfully made.”

   1. Librarian Workwear

      Rose needs a dress for work.

      • Quality60+
      • Professional40+

      Budget 200

2. “The library has extended their opening hours, and the front desk gets cold in the evenings.” Then comes the line that explains the card: “As this is for work, I'd prefer not to look too cute. Just a warm, practical outfit.” That is why Cute and Romantic are capped at 20 while Warm and Professional have to reach 50. A cosy, frilly dress fails this one twice. Delivered, she says “No more shivering at the front desk for me - I could roam the arctic in this outfit!”
   Staying under Cute 20 is the hard part. A build that passes: an apron bodice with no collar, long sleeves and a yoke gathered skirt in brown tweed and brown argyle. Tweed and argyle are the fabrics to reach for. More builds and a step-by-step way through are on Chilly Overtime.

   1. Chilly Overtime

      Rose gets chilly while working overtime, and would love a warmer dress.

      • Quality70+
      • Professional50+
      • Warm50+
      • Cute20 max
      • Romantic20 max

      Budget 350

3. Even the card sounds unsure that a librarian needs a gravedigging dress. It is the only card that caps Elaborate, at 5, so plain workwear with no trim is the safe reading, and it bans white.

   1. Tomb Raider

      Rose needs a dress for...gravedigging?

      • Quality70+
      • Workwear50+
      • Simple40+
      • Elaborate5 max
      • Avoid: White

      Budget 300

4. “There are mice in my cupboards, and they are chewing holes in my stockings.” Her plan is to befriend them, which is why this card flips her usual brief: cute and playful at 50 each, with pink and sequins counted. This visit can come by Berty’s visiting card, where you pick Rose or Marie to come next.

   1. Rodent Relations

      Rose wishes to make friends with the mice that are eating her clothes.

      • Quality70+
      • Cute50+
      • Playful50+
      • Sequin10
      • Pink30

      Budget 300

5. 1. Librarian Conference

      Rose is attending an important conference, and wants to look professional and impressive.

      • Quality70+
      • Professional50+
      • Formal25+
      • Daywear30+
      • Linen25
      • Wool25

      Budget 200

6. 1. Bold Tigress

      Rose wants to make a change, and needs a glamorous tigress dress for the Summer Ball.

      • Quality80+
      • Glamour50+
      • Risqué40+
      • Elegant40+
      • Sequin: at least 10%
      • Use only: Orange, Black

      Budget 500

7. 1. Both of Us?

      Show the brief (story spoiler)

      Rose brought me a special commission — she wants the dress that I would choose to make for her.

      • Quality80+
      • Cool50+
      • Use only: Cotton

      Budget 2500

Friendship with Rose

1. Star 1 Waistcoat Bodice, Waistcoat Skirt, Short Sleeve
2. Star 2 V Neck Yoked Shirt, Yoked Shirt, Upright Frill Collar
3. Star 3 Split Crew Bodice, Scalloped Collar, Curved Peplum Skirt
4. Star 4 Ruched Bodice, Upturned Yoked Bodice

A gift earns her a full star if it meets her gift card: Quality 80, Professional 50, Simple 50, Wool: at least 50%, Green: at least 50%, Button: at least 3. Any dress whose Quality without her measurements (40% grain, 60% sewing, rounded) is 81 or more earns the full star too. The rules are on gifts, and every pattern with where it comes from is on pattern unlocks.

Finishing Rose’s story

Complete all of Rose's major commissions. That earns A Rose By Any Other Name, which 2.1% of Steam players have. Compare it with the other 31 on all 32 achievements.