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Stitch Desk is a local-first order assistant for boutiques and tailors.

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle What I Built Stitch Desk is a local-first order assistant for boutiques and tailors. Many small tailoring shops still run on paper notebooks, loose receipts, and WhatsApp chats. A customer's measurements are in one place, the delivery date is on a sticky note, and the balance is in the owner's head. In busy…

Stitch Desk is a local-first order assistant designed for small boutiques and tailors who still use paper notebooks, loose receipts, and WhatsApp chats to manage their orders. This app turns messy customer notes into editable order cards, keeps customer contact details and measurements together with WhatsApp message drafts, and allows users to search for outfit design images to link as order references.

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