Grace E. Marion

Arts and culture

Photo story: seamstress builds CURTAINS for local interior designer

Stevens receives design requests from interior designer Julie Montgomery, including patterns. She does not do independent work.

Stevens lays the fabric out evenly before making measurements.

Stevens uses this large clamp to secure her fabric, guaranteeing that it remains straight and flat across her table as she measures and cuts it to be her desired proportions. Many of her creations require more than just a few stitches– she keeps a nail gun by her door to bind the curtain fabrics provided by Montgomery to her curtain liners.

Stevens creates textiles for interior designer Julie Montgomery. Montgomery chooses which fabrics will work best within her designs, and brings it to Stevens to craft into curtains. Although Stevens once produced curtains independently, she said that she prefers her current arrangements simplicity. This photograph was taken on March 25, 2019 in the Stevens home in Oxford, MS.

All of the curtains in the Stevens home were produced in the workshop in their home, in addition to many of the bedspreads and seat covers. This curtain, which hangs in Steven’ guest room, is one of her favorite creations. She designed it herself.

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