How does Tailoring work in Stardew Valley?
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How does Tailoring work in Stardew Valley?

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If you’re looking for new cosmetic clothing items in Stardew Valley, there’s no better place to look than at the Sewing Machi𒊎ne. Youဣ can use an astoundingly long list of items in the Spool of the Sewing Machine, and in return you’ll get some unique new clothes. 

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At first, the Sewing Machine interface can ꧅look pretty daun๊ting. However, there’s really only two things you need to know:

  • The item you wish to use (such as a Golden Pumpkin, Void Essence, or even fish like the Sea Cucumber) goes into the slot at the top of the interface
  • Fabric goes in to the slot on the bottom left of the interface

The resulting cosmetic item will be displayed in the box to the right of the Sewing Machine interfaꦛce, and if y♈ou’re happy with the item you’re going to get, you just need to press the power button on the right of the interface to create it. 

Items which can be made at the Sewing Machine

Sewing Machine interface in Stardew Valley
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Rather than list off every single item that can be created at the Sewing Machine, I urge you to get creative and experiment to find out which items result in the coolest clothing items. It’s personal choice, and everyone has their own style preference after a꧅ll. 

With that said, I will list some of my personal favorite items and what you need in order to make it. You’ll need one fabric per item, as well as the item you place🍌 into the Spool:

Cosmetic itemItem placed in Spool
Bomber JacketAny Bomb
Chef CoatEscargot
Captain’s UniformAnchor
Gray HoodieGeode
Magic Sprinkle ShirtMagic Rock Candy
Jester ShirtPyrite
Grass SkirtHay
Dinosaur HatDinosaur Egg
Pumpkin MaskJack-O-Lantern
Propeller HatMiner’s Treat
Bridal VeilPearl
Qi MaskQi Fruit

How to dye items in Stardew Valley

The Dye Pots in Emily and Haley's house in Stardew Valley
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Some cosmetic i🦩tems are dyeable, but you need to make your own dye in order to change the color. To do this, you have two options. 

The first method to dye items is by placing i📖tems which represent a color into the Dye♕ Pots to right right of the Sewing Machine in Emily and Haley’s house. You must be wearing the item that you’re intending to dye. 

Although there are only six different⭕ colors of dye (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple), there is a way 🐲to dye something outside of these colors. If you add one item which corresponds to each dye color, a HSL (hue, saturation, and lightness) slider will appear which allows you to choose your own color.

HSL sliders appear when you've used one of each color in the Dye Pots in Emily and Haley's House in Stardew Valley
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The second method is through the Sewing Machine itself. To dye an item through the Sewing Machine, you’ll need to place the item you want to dye into the slot where you’d usually put Fabric to c🔯raft an item. In the top slot, where you’d usually place the item in crafting, you’ll need to place an item corresponding to one of the dye colors.&n🔯bsp;

Things can get a little tricky with either option, because one dyeing item will only dye a clothing item to 25%. To reach full saturation, you’ll need to use four items corresponding to the same 🐠color. Each item within your inventory which can be used as a dye item will have a colored circlꦉe on it, displaying the color of dye it will turn in to.

You can use pretty much any item to creat𒐪e dye, but here’s a list of 10 fairly easy items that you can gather which c⛄orrespond to each color:

RedOrangeYellowGreenBluePurple
Apple
Cranberries
Holly
Red Mushroom
Ruby
Tomato
Salmonberry
Shrimp
Strawberry
Tulip
Acorn
Broccoli Seeds
Carrot
Clay
Orange
Roe (Any)
Truffle
Wood
Potato
Maple Seed
Banana
Beer
Cheese
Daffodil
Gold Ore
Oil
Pale Ale
Parsnip
Sap
Sunflower
Broccoli
Duck Feather
Hops
Jade
Fiber
Fiddlehead Fern
Moss
Oak Resin
Seaweed
Tea Leaves
Aquamarine
Blue Jazz
Frozen Tear
Blueberry
Joja Cola
Mystery Box
Opal
Sardine
Tuna
Herring
Amaranth
Amethyst
Beet
Bug Meat
Grape
Iridium Ore
Pomegranate
Raisins
Void Essence
Wine (Any)

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