Genuine vintage Hmong hand woven hemp. Natural indigo dye. Hand drawn batik. Our Hmong staff spend hours of skilled work for each yard drawn and dyed.  Each one item you order, is for one of the hand drawn stylized circular designs....approximately 40cm length of fabric, and the batik drawing itself approximately 25cm in diameter.

The hemp is grown by the Hmong tribeswomen, dried, and the hemp fiber stripped from the stem and pounded, boiled, spun and coated with wax  before it can be strung on an old wooden loom and woven into the finished product.  The inspiration for these batik motifs are derived from the natural environment,  and are made with the wax relief method with a natural indigo dye obtained from a flower grown on the edges of the rice terraces.

This was hand drawn and dyed for us by Ba Song, in the traditional way shown in the set of images.

Find out more about Vietnam and the hill tribes of the north on our 'About Us' page. Get your little piece of Vietnam!