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Nancy McCredie (18 December 1899 - 24 August 1987) was a Scottish weaver and designer. She was a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and won the Lauder Prize in 1952.

Life
McCredie was born in 51 Overdale Street in Langside in Glasgow.

Her father was Hugh James McCredie (born 6 May 1853). Her mother was Mary Alexander Marquis Cook (born c. 1863). They married 2 June 1882 in Glasgow.

In 1928 she was staying at Tannoch Drive in Milngavie.

She went to Australia in 1928, she was a teacher.

In 1952 she was staying at Spango in Killearn. McCredie named her house Spango to honour where she was brought up.

Art
She studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1917 to 1924. She studied drawing and painting in 1917-18 and then design classes from 1921 to 1924.

She joined the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.

She was Head Designer at the Glasgow School of Art.

In the period 1946 to 1951 she was Examiner in Embroidery for the National Diploma in Design.

During 1947 she studied methods of textile education in Sweden and Denmark.

In 1948 she entered industry.

She won the Lauder Prize in 1952 for an exhibit of hand weaving.

Death
She died on 24 August 1987 in Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow.