DRESS MEASUREMENT

Tailor Shop

Track orders through the workshop

The Orders tab holds every garment you have in hand, with six stages from received to done, and a detail screen that reaches the fitting, the invoice and the client.

Available on

  • iPhone
  • iPhone Duo
  • iPad
  • Android
  • Tailor Shop feature

The Tailor Shop tools described here are on iPhone, iPad and Android. On iPad the tabs are a sidebar on the left. On Android the tabs are a bar along the bottom of a phone, and a rail down the left on a tablet. On iPhone Duo, opened, the list sits beside the page, the tabs sit behind the sidebar button at the top left and the bar buttons move to a strip on the right; closed, it works like an iPhone with the buttons and the four tabs in a strip on the right. Orders is the second tab of the four-tab bar that appears once the subscription is on.

How to find an order

The Orders tab opens on every order in the shop, newest first, under a search field, three summary cards and a row of filter chips. Active counts the orders that have not reached the last stage, Due totals the balance still owed across every order, and Today counts the orders due today. The chips narrow the list to In progress, Fitting or Unpaid, and All puts it back.

Search matches the garment, the client name and the order number, so a word from any of the three finds the job.

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Orders screen titled Orders with a round plus button at the top right, a search field, cards reading 5 Active, $1,782.60 Due and 1 Today, filter chips All 7, In progress 5, Fitting 1 and Unpaid 6, and a list of orders each showing a small body figure, the client name, order number, garment, stage and due date, starting with Olivia Bennett #1001 Linen coat dress at Received, above the Clients, Orders, Schedule and Invoices tab bar.
Orders screen on the closed iPhone Duo titled Orders, with a round plus button in the vertical bar strip on the right edge and the four tab buttons lower down the strip (Orders selected), a search field, cards reading 5 Active, $1,782.60 Due and 1 Today, filter chips All 7, In progress 5, Fitting 1 and Unpaid 6, and a list of orders each showing a small body figure, the client name, order number, garment, stage and due date: Olivia Bennett #1001 Linen coat dress at Received, Marcus Reed #1002 Midnight navy wedding tuxedo at Cutting, Valentina Rojas #1004 Bridal gown alteration at Fitting and Priya Raman #1003 Banarasi silk lehenga at Sewing.
Orders in landscape as a split view: on the left the Orders column with a sidebar button, the title Orders and a round plus button, a Search orders field, summary cards reading 5 Active, $1,782.60 Due and 1 Today, filter chips All 7, In progress 5, Fitting 1 and Unpaid (cut at the column edge), and order cards for Olivia Bennett's Linen coat dress #1001 at Received (outlined), Marcus Reed's Midnight navy wedding tuxedo #1002 at Cutting, Valentina Rojas's Bridal gown alteration #1004 at Fitting and the start of Priya Raman's #1003, each with a client figure and due date; on the right order #1001 is open with its Status bar at Received, Next fitting Tap to schedule, Unpaid $303.60, the gold Send status update bar and the Photos and References card, with the pencil and three-dot buttons in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
Orders in three columns: the sidebar with Meridian Bespoke Tailoring and Orders selected, the Orders list with a round plus button, a Search orders field, summary cards reading 5 Active, $1,782.60 Due and 1 Today, filter chips All 7, In progress 5, Fitting 1 and Unpaid, and order cards for Olivia Bennett's Linen coat dress #1001 (Received, outlined), Marcus Reed #1002, Valentina Rojas #1004, Priya Raman #1003 and James Whitaker #1005, each with a client figure, due date and status chip; on the right the selected order #1001 with a pencil and three-dot button, its six-step Status bar at Received, Next Fitting Tap to schedule, Unpaid $303.60, the gold Send status update bar, a Fabric photo and an Order Notes card.
Three summary cards side by side reading 5 Active, $1,782.60 Due and 1 Today.
Three wide summary cards side by side reading 5 Active, $1,782.60 Due and 1 Today.
The Orders tab opens on every order in the shop, newest first.

How to create an order

An order needs a client and a garment. Everything else, including the due date and the money, is optional at this point and can be added later. Orders carry a single total and a deposit rather than a priced list: line items, quantities and tax belong to the invoice you raise from the order.

  1. Tap the plus button at the top right of the Orders tab. On Android, tap the gold New order button at the bottom right of the Orders tab instead; the same button sits at the top of the navigation rail on a tablet.
  2. Tap the Choose a client row and pick the client, or search for them by name.
  3. Type the garment. Autocorrect is switched off in this field, so lehenga, gele and cummerbund stay as you typed them.
  4. Turn on Set due date if the job has a deadline, then tap the date to pick a day in the calendar.
  5. Fill in the order total and any deposit taken up front. The deposit is subtracted later when you raise the invoice.
  6. Tap the checkmark at the top right, or Save on Android. The order takes the next number in sequence and its detail screen opens.
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New Order screen with Olivia Bennett on the Choose a client row, Charcoal wool wedding suit typed in the Garment field, the Status row reading Received, the Set due date switch off, the Order total field at 0.00, the keyboard open, and the round tick button at the top right now solid navy.
New Order screen on the closed iPhone Duo with Olivia Bennett on the Choose a client row, Charcoal wool wedding suit typed in the Garment field and the Status row reading Received, the keyboard open over the lower half, and in the vertical bar strip on the right edge a back button above the round tick button, now solid navy.
New Order form in the pane beside the Orders column in landscape, with Olivia Bennett on the Choose a client row, Charcoal wool wedding suit typed in the Garment field, the Status row reading Received, the Set due date switch off and the Order total and Deposit fields at 0.00; the checkmark button in the vertical bar strip on the right edge is now solid navy. No on-screen keyboard (a hardware keyboard is attached).
New Order form in the pane beside the Orders list, with Olivia Bennett on the Choose a client row, Charcoal wool wedding suit typed in the Garment field, the Status row reading Received, the Set due date switch off, Order total and Deposit fields at 0.00, an empty Order Description box, the round tick button at the top right now solid navy, and the software keyboard open across the foot of the screen.
New Order screen with Choose a client reading Olivia Bennett, the garment field reading Charcoal wool wedding suit in a gold outline, and Save at the top right now gold, above the Timeline, Payment and Order Description sections.
New Order screen beside the navigation rail with Choose a client reading Olivia Bennett, the garment field outlined in gold reading Charcoal wool wedding suit, and Save at the top right now gold.
Client and garment are the only two fields an order needs.
Order detail titled #1008 with a back arrow at the top left and a pencil and a three-dot button at the top right. Below are a card with a small body figure, Olivia Bennett, Charcoal wool wedding suit, Started Oct 21 and Due Nov 4, a Status card with a six-step bar at Received and an Advance link, a Next fitting card reading Tap to schedule, an Unpaid card reading $330.00 with Create invoice, a gold Send status update bar for WhatsApp, an empty Photos and References strip with See all (0), and an Order Notes card reading No notes yet.
Order detail titled #1008 on the closed iPhone Duo, with a back button and a capsule holding a pencil and a three-dot button in the vertical bar strip on the right edge, and the four tab buttons (Orders selected) lower down the strip. Below the title are a card with a small body figure, Olivia Bennett, Charcoal wool wedding suit, Started Oct 21 and Due Nov 4, a Status card with a six-step bar at Received and an Advance link, a Next fitting card reading Tap to schedule beside an Unpaid card reading $330.00 with Create invoice, a gold Send status update bar for WhatsApp, and the top of an empty Photos and References strip with See all (0).
Order detail titled #1008 in the pane beside the Orders column in landscape, where the new order heads the list outlined and the counts now read 6 Active, $2,112.60 Due, 1 Today and All 8. Below the title are a card with a small body figure, Olivia Bennett, Charcoal wool wedding suit, Started Oct 21 and Due Nov 4, a Status card with a six-step bar at Received and an Advance link, a Next fitting card reading Tap to schedule, an Unpaid card reading $330.00 with Create invoice, a gold Send status update bar for WhatsApp and the top of an empty Photos and References card with See all (0); the pencil and three-dot buttons sit in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
Order detail titled #1008 in the pane beside the Orders list, where the new order heads the list outlined and the counts now read 6 Active, $2,112.60 Due and All 8. At the top right sit a pencil and a three-dot button. Below are a card with a small body figure, Olivia Bennett, Charcoal wool wedding suit, Started Oct 21 and Due Nov 4, a Status card with a six-step bar at Received and an Advance link, a Next fitting card reading Tap to schedule, an Unpaid card reading $330.00 with Create invoice, a gold Send status update bar for WhatsApp, an empty Photos and References strip with See all (0), an Order Notes card reading No notes yet, a Description card reading Peak lapels with a kaftan-style waistcoat and an Activity card logging Order created now.
Order detail titled #1008 showing Olivia Bennett, Charcoal wool wedding suit, Started Sep 25, 2026 and Due Oct 9, 2026, a six-step status bar at Received with an Advance link, a Next fitting card reading Tap to schedule and an Unpaid card reading $330.00 with Create invoice, a gold Send status update bar, and an empty Photos & References card.
Order detail titled #1008 beside the navigation rail, showing Olivia Bennett, Charcoal wool wedding suit, Started Sep 25, 2026 and Due Oct 9, 2026, a six-step status bar at Received with an Advance link, a Next fitting card reading Tap to schedule and an Unpaid card reading $330.00 with Create invoice, a gold Send status update bar, a Photos and References card with four empty placeholders and See all (0), an Order Notes card reading No notes yet, and an Activity card reading Order created.
Saving opens the new order, numbered automatically.

What the six stages mean and how to advance one

Every order runs through Received, Cutting, Sewing, Fitting, Alterations and Done. The bar at the top of the order is a display, not a set of buttons: the ringed dot is where the work has got to, ticked circles are behind it, and the Advance link at the right of the card is the only way forward. On the order, Advance moves it one stage at a time, forward only. The Status row on Edit Order is where you set a different stage by hand.

  1. Tap Advance at the right of the status card. A sheet names the stage the order is about to move to.
  2. Add a note if you want a record of what happened at this stage. It is kept in the order’s activity list rather than in your order notes.
  3. Tap the checkmark at the top right of the sheet, or Confirm on Android. The status bar moves on one step.
  4. For the stages that have a message template (Cutting, Fitting and Done), the app then asks whether to let the client know. Review message opens the matching update with the details filled in, and nothing is sent until you tap Send. Not now closes the prompt and leaves the stage change in place.

At the last stage the whole bar turns green and the Advance link goes away, because there is nothing left to advance to. Scroll to the Activity card at the foot of the order to see every stage change, newest first, with the notes you left and, at the bottom, the moment the order was created.

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Order detail for #1008 with its Status card showing a six-step bar: Received, Cutting and Sewing are filled with ticks, Fitting is the current ringed step in brown, and Alters. and Done are still empty grey circles, with an Advance link at the top right of the card.
Order detail for #1008 on the closed iPhone Duo with its Status card showing a six-step bar: Received, Cutting and Sewing are filled with ticks, Fitting is the current ringed step in brown, and Alters. and Done are still empty grey circles, with an Advance link at the top right of the card; the back, pencil and three-dot buttons and the four tab buttons sit in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
Order #1008 open in the pane beside the Orders column in landscape, its Status card showing a six-step bar: Received, Cutting and Sewing are filled with ticks, Fitting is the current ringed step in brown, and Alters. and Done are still empty grey circles, with an Advance link at the top right of the card; the order's card in the list reads Fitting and the Fitting chip now counts 2.
Order detail for #1008 in the pane beside the Orders list, with its Status card stretching the width of the pane: a six-step bar where Received, Cutting and Sewing are filled with ticks, Fitting is the current ringed step in brown, and Alters. and Done are still empty grey circles, with an Advance link at the top right of the card; the Activity card at the foot lists the three stage changes and Order created.
Order #1008 with its Status card showing a six-step bar: Received, Cutting and Sewing are filled amber circles with ticks joined by a gold line, Fitting is the current ringed step in amber, and Alters. and Done are still empty grey circles, with Advance at the top right of the card.
Order #1008 with a six-step status bar. Received, Cutting and Sewing are brown dots with ticks joined by a gold line, Fitting is the current ringed step with its label in brown, and Alters. and Done are still empty circles, with Advance at the top right of the card and the stage changes listed under Activity.
The bar shows where the order has got to and what is still ahead.
Advance Status sheet with a close button at the top left and a round navy tick button at the top right, headed Advance To Cutting, with a Received chip, an arrow and a Cutting chip, and an empty Note (optional) box.
Advance Status sheet on the closed iPhone Duo with a close button and a round navy tick button stacked in the vertical bar strip on the right edge, headed Advance To Cutting, with a Received chip, an arrow and a Cutting chip, and an empty Note (optional) box.
Advance Status sheet rising from the bottom of the screen over the dimmed Orders column and order #1008 in landscape, with a grab handle, a close button at the top left and a round navy tick button at the top right, headed Advance To Cutting, with a Received chip, an arrow and a Cutting chip, and an empty Note (optional) box.
Advance Status sheet rising from the bottom of the screen over the dimmed Orders list and order #1008, with a grab handle, a close button at the top left and a round navy tick button at the top right, headed Advance To Cutting, with a Received chip, an arrow and a Cutting chip, and an empty Note (optional) box.
Advance Status bottom sheet over the dimmed order, headed Advance To Cutting, with a Received chip, an arrow and a Cutting chip, an empty Add an optional note box, and Cancel and Confirm text buttons at the bottom right.
Advance Status sheet rising over the dimmed order, headed Advance To Cutting, with a Received chip, an arrow and a Cutting chip, an empty Note (optional) box, and Cancel and Confirm text buttons at the bottom right.
Advance moves the order one stage forward and asks you to confirm.
Alert over the order detail titled Let Olivia Bennett know?, explaining the order is now Cutting and that the Cutting started message can be opened with the details filled in and nothing is sent until you tap Send, with a gold Review message button and a Not now button.
Alert over the dimmed #1008 order detail on the closed iPhone Duo titled Let Olivia Bennett know?, explaining the order is now Cutting and that the Cutting started message can be opened with the details filled in and nothing is sent until you tap Send, with a Review message button above a Not now button; the back, pencil and three-dot buttons and the tab buttons stay in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
Alert centred over the dimmed Orders column and order #1008 in landscape, titled Let Olivia Bennett know?, explaining the order is now Cutting and that the Cutting started message can be opened with the details filled in and nothing is sent until you tap Send, with two stacked buttons, Review message above Not now; behind it the order card in the list already reads Cutting.
Alert centred over the dimmed Orders list and order #1008, titled Let Olivia Bennett know?, explaining the order is now Cutting and that the Cutting started message can be opened with the details filled in and nothing is sent until you tap Send, with a Review message button above a Not now button; behind it the status bar shows Cutting and the Activity card lists Status changed to Cutting, Fabric cut, 6 yards used.
Material dialog over the dimmed order #1008 reading Let Olivia Bennett know? This order is now Cutting. Open the Send status update message with the details filled in, nothing is sent until you tap Send, with Not now and a gold Review message.
Centred dialog over the dimmed order titled Let Olivia Bennett know?, explaining that the order is now Cutting and that the Send status update message opens with the details filled in and nothing is sent until you tap Send, with Not now and a gold Review message.
After a stage change the app offers to open the matching message.

How to follow up from an order

The order detail is the starting point for the three things you do next, and each one arrives with the order’s details already in place. The next fitting card opens a new appointment attached to this order, so there is no order to pick. The unpaid card raises an invoice built from the garment, the price and the deposit. The gold bar opens a message to the client on the channel they prefer.

The schedule guide, the invoices guide and the messaging guide cover each of those in full.

How to change or delete an order

To edit an order, tap the pencil at the top right. The three-dot button beside it holds Delete Order, and on a complete order also Archive Order, which takes it off the dashboard without deleting it. On Android, Edit Order and Delete Order both sit in the three-dot menu. Edit reopens the same form with the current values filled in. The client row is greyed out, because an order stays with the client it was taken for. Tap the checkmark (Save on Android), and the detail screen picks up the change straight away.

Deleting cannot be undone, and the confirmation lists what goes with the order: its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments and appointments. Confirm, and the Orders list shows the counts and the Due total already adjusted.

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Edit Order form with a back arrow at the top left and a round navy tick at the top right, a greyed-out client row reading Olivia Bennett, the garment Charcoal wool wedding suit, Status set to Complete, the Set due date switch on with Due Nov 4, 2026, an order total of 480.00, a deposit of 150.00 and the description Peak lapels with a kaftan-style waistcoat.
Edit Order form on the closed iPhone Duo with a back button and a round navy tick stacked in the vertical bar strip on the right edge and the four tab buttons lower down the strip: a greyed-out client row reading Olivia Bennett, the garment Charcoal wool wedding suit, Status set to Complete, the Set due date switch on with Due Nov 4, 2026, and an order total of 480.00 at the bottom edge.
Edit Order form in the pane beside the Orders column in landscape, with a back arrow and a round navy tick in the vertical bar strip on the right edge, a greyed-out client row reading Olivia Bennett, the garment Charcoal wool wedding suit, Status set to Complete, the Set due date switch on with Due Nov 4, 2026, and an order total of 480.00 at the bottom.
Edit Order form in the pane beside the Orders list, with a back arrow at the top left and a round navy tick at the top right, a greyed-out client row reading Olivia Bennett, the garment Charcoal wool wedding suit, Status set to Complete, the Set due date switch on with Due Nov 4, 2026, an order total of 480.00, a deposit of 150.00, the description Peak lapels with a kaftan-style waistcoat, and a red Delete Order button in a white card at the foot.
Edit Order form with the client row reading Olivia Bennett in grey and no chevron, the garment Charcoal wool wedding suit, a Status row reading Complete, Set due date on with a due date of Oct 9, 2026, an order total of 480.00 and a deposit of 150.00, and a gold Save at the top right.
Edit Order form beside the navigation rail showing Choose a client with Olivia Bennett and no chevron, the garment Charcoal wool wedding suit, a Status row reading Complete, the due date switch on with Due Oct 9, 2026, an order total of 480.00, a deposit of 150.00, an empty description, and a red Delete Order link below.
Edit Order reopens the same form with the client fixed.
Alert over the order detail titled Delete order #1008 (Charcoal wool wedding suit with waistcoat)?, explaining that this permanently removes the order, its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments and appointments, with Cancel and a red Delete button.
Alert over the dimmed #1008 order detail on the closed iPhone Duo titled Delete order #1008 (Charcoal wool wedding suit with waistcoat)?, explaining that this permanently removes the order, its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments and appointments, with Cancel and a red Delete button; the back, pencil and three-dot buttons stay in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
Alert centred over the dimmed Orders column and order #1008 in landscape, titled Delete order #1008 (Charcoal wool wedding suit with waistcoat)?, explaining that this permanently removes the order, its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments and appointments, with Cancel and a red Delete button.
Alert centred over the dimmed sidebar, Orders list and order #1008, titled Delete order #1008 (Charcoal wool wedding suit with waistcoat)?, explaining that this permanently removes the order, its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments and appointments, with Cancel and a red Delete button.
Delete order #1008 (Charcoal wool wedding suit with waistcoat)? dialog over the dimmed order detail, explaining that this permanently removes the order, its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments and appointments, with Cancel and a red Delete.
Dialog over the dimmed order detail titled Delete order #1008 (Charcoal wool wedding suit with waistcoat)?, explaining that this permanently removes the order, its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments and appointments, with Cancel and a red Delete.
Deleting an order also removes its notes, photos, invoice and appointments.