Create your own Jersey T-shirt dress with Contrado

Your dress, your label

Looking to sell your designs, but want that professional touch? Then add a printed label to your T-Shirt Dress, and you can print your brand info and logo in bold, full color. Sewn flat against the nape, this label won’t flip up or tickle, and it’s made from the same great jersey fabric as the rest of your shirt. Big and bold, these printed labels will get people talking about your brand.

If you've got a great print design ideas for your very own t-shirt dress, then look no further: our Ladies T-Shirt Dress is perfect for a whole range of designs. Customize every part of this print-all-over garment, both front, and back, and even add a custom neck label with your name or brand. Each custom Jersey Dress is hand-sewn together in our Workshop. Create your own designs, slogans: you can do it all with our Online Interface. Printing completely unique custom dresses is so easy with Contrado, and we have a wide custom clothing range.

Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage

We have a full Cut & Sew service here at Contrado, and are able to hem your fabric prints for a small additional charge. We create a small one- or two-fold hem that typically uses 0.2" to 0.75" (5-20mm) of material, depending on the thickness of the fabric. So, for example, if you want a finished piece of fabric that measures 39.37" x 39.37", you will need to order a size of 39.96" x 39.96" to allow for the hem (on top of that please also allow for shrinkage of min 2%). The thicker the fabric, the bigger the hem will be. You can choose to have your prints hemmed with either Black or White thread. On our silk and other light woven fabrics, one hemmed edge will be straight (vertically down the roll) and the other will be slightly rippled. The hemming material allowances are as follows and you need to make your print bigger to accommodate the hem:

• Light Fabrics (0.59oz-2.95oz): For silks and other light fabrics, we use 0.24" - 0.32" / 6mm-8mm in the hem (2 fold), so overall width/height will be minus 0.48"-0.56""/ 12-16mm
• Medium Fabrics (2.98oz-5.90oz): For medium-weight fabrics that fray, we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (2 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.4" - 1.6" / 35-40mm
• Stiff/Heavy/No-fray fabrics: we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (1 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.5" / 35-40mm

All of these measurements are approximate and can vary. Including with shrinkage, it can mean a fairly significant difference to ordered dimensions, so please plan your print accordingly. Depending on how open the weave is, our fabric can shrink anywhere from 2% to 8% with the average being 2.5%.

How Would you Like the Edge?

• As it comes. We cut around your image, leaving a simply scissor cut, perhaps uneven white fabric border. 
• Hem with thread. We can hem your fabric with a choice of black or white thread. Please allow 1-2 days additional production time. See below for information on how hemming affects the size of your print. We offer an overlock hem, as well as a folded hem (one or two fold depending on the fabric) however not all fabrics are suited to both hem types. If you can see both options, it means both are suitable, and you will be able to choose whichever you prefer. 
• Cut on the line. We will cut neatly on the edge of your design. This means that if you have a border around your design we will cut around that border, if your design takes the whole space of the fabric, then we will neatly cut around the edge of that image. Please be aware, when we cut along the line, we have to cut against the grain of the fabric. This is the standard procedure for fabric cutting. This means that with some fabrics, for example, Georgette and Mulmul, which have a slight wave in them, some fraying will occur. This is unavoidable, as the cut follows the grain of the textile. 

All of our fabrics are cut manually by hand, with the utmost care and attention. If your fabric has a slightly uneven look on the edges or a touch of fraying, this does not indicate a flaw in the textile. It is not always possible to achieve a perfectly straight cut with certain fabrics, so please do bare this in mind when it comes to your design. If you have any queries or would like to know about our cutting methods in more detail, please get in touch and we will be more than happy to discuss them with you.

Please note: As we make everything by hand, all sizes may vary slightly.

For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs.

Is this Jersey Dress Sheer?

Our Standard Jersey is a relatively light, summery fabric that can sometimes appear slightly sheer when blank, or if printed with a very pale design. It's best to design this fabric with bold, colorful or dark all-over print designs. All our other fabric options for this product should be fine.

Is this a T-Shirt, or a Dress?

Both! Our T-Shirt Dress is similar to our Slouch Tees, but with a much longer hemline that extends down to mid-thigh. If you prefer a regular, shorter T-shirt, check out our Womens Slouch T-Shirt, or go even shorter with our range of Crop Tops!

What kind of cut is the T-Shirt Dress?

Our custom Jersey Dress comes with a wide scoop neck and cap sleeves: these short, comfortable sleeves sit just above the shoulder and are part of the garment, rather than being sewn on separately.