Hemp Jersey OM Meditation Dress

Description

I made this fun dress from a heavier weight, organic hemp/cotton blend jersey. Hemp jersey is such a wonderful fabric. It has the strength of hemp and it continues to get softer and softer each time you wash it. It is comfy and easy to wear just like a high quality tshirt! I hand dyed it a funky mix of eggplant and warm brown with low impact dyes. I gave the dress a flatting fitted waist into an a-line skirt. The deep scoop neckline and belled sleeves add a bit of fun. I appliqued an om symbol to the chest using hand dyed, raw silk noil and hemp jerseys. I tightly satin stitched the om symbol in place with a sage green thread then I left the edges of the jersey underneath raw, as jersey doesn't frey, which will curl slightly with washings. It add a cute textural detail. Decorative zigzag stitch around neckline and sleeves. Hem is left raw, with a zizzag stitch just above to finish it off. Look wonderful layered over skirts or worn with a long sweater coat to tone it down. Best fit a small/medium. Please see measurement for the persect fit.

Measurements: measurements taken with the garment laying flat. Fabric has some stretch, as it is jersey, similar to a tshirt.
Chest: 34"
Waist: 32"
Hips: 36"
Length: 35.5" from the top of the shoulder to the hem
Arm: 16": from under the arm to wrist/23.5" from the top of the shouder to the wrist

Added on Oct 26, 2009