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
  • 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. 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 with a search field, cards reading 5 Active, $1,782.60 Due and 1 Today, filter chips, and a list of orders each showing the client name, order number, garment, stage and due date.
Orders pane beside a sidebar listing Clients, Orders, Schedule, Invoices and Settings, with a search field, cards reading 5 Active, $1,782.60 Due and 1 Today, four filter chips, and seven order cards laid out in two columns.
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 Save. The order takes the next number in sequence and its detail screen opens.
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New Order screen with the client set to Olivia Bennett and the garment field reading Charcoal wool wedding suit, with the Save button now active.
New Order form filling the pane beside the sidebar, with the client set to Olivia Bennett, the garment field reading Charcoal wool wedding suit, and the Save button now active.
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 for order 1008 showing Olivia Bennett, Charcoal wool wedding suit, start and due dates, a six-step status bar at Received, and cards for the next fitting and the unpaid balance of $330.00.
Order #1008 filling the pane beside the sidebar, showing Olivia Bennett, the garment Charcoal wool wedding suit, started Sep 18 and due Oct 2, a six-step status bar at Received, a Next fitting card reading Tap to schedule and an Unpaid card reading $330.00.
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. An order moves one stage at a time and cannot be moved back.

  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 Confirm. The status bar moves on one step.
  4. For the stages that have a message template, 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 whose six-step status bar shows Received, Cutting and Sewing ticked, Fitting as the current ringed step, and Alters. and Done still empty.
Status card stretching the width of the order pane with a six-step bar. Received, Cutting and Sewing carry ticks, Fitting is the current ringed step, and Alters. and Done are still empty.
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 headed Advance To Cutting, with a Received chip, an arrow and a Cutting chip, an optional note box, and Cancel and Confirm buttons.
Advance Status card over the dimmed order detail, headed Advance To Cutting, with a Received chip, an arrow and a Cutting chip, an empty note box, and Cancel and Confirm buttons.
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 reading Let Olivia Bennett know? This order is now Cutting. Open the Cutting started message with the details filled in, nothing is sent until you tap Send, with Review message and Not now buttons.
Box over the dimmed order reading Let Olivia Bennett know?, explaining that the order is now Cutting and that nothing is sent until you tap Send, with Review message and Not now buttons.
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

The three-dot button at the top right of an order holds Edit Order and Delete Order, and on a complete order also Archive Order, which takes it off the dashboard without deleting it. 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. Save, 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 you land back on the Orders list with the counts and the Due total already adjusted.

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Edit Order form showing a greyed-out client row, the garment, the status, the due date, the order total and the deposit already filled in.
Edit Order form filling the pane beside the sidebar, with a greyed-out client row reading Olivia Bennett, the garment, the status Complete, the due date, an order total of 480.00 and a deposit of 150.00, and a red Delete Order button 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 reading Delete order #1008 (Charcoal wool wedding suit with waistcoat)? This permanently removes the order, its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments, and appointments, with Cancel and Delete buttons.
Delete order warning box centred over the order detail, headed Delete order #1008 (Charcoal wool wedding suit with waistcoat)? and explaining that the order, its line items, status events, notes, photos, invoice, payments and appointments are permanently removed, with Cancel and a red Delete.
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.