Tracy Mead

Corduroy Bag - Made from a preloved corduroy skirt. £35.00

This was a commission and is now living its best life in Turkey.

Really enjoyed making this. The darker blue is a jeans waistband. It sold very quickly.

This fabric is created using the hems of jeans. £39.00

This has some scrap leather pieces in it too. Tricky to work with but I like the finished result. £39.00

I created the fabric for these from leftover scraps of different fabrics. Both sold very quickly.

My own apron I wear to keep all the threads and fluff off my clothes. I have made a few others since and sold them quickly. I will make more, I enjoy these.

My little sewing companion. He sits with me when I'm sewing. Here he is insisting I've done enough for one day and can he have some cuddles now.

Contact this artist

I’m Tracy Mead and I have lived in Girvan with my Husband Peter and Daughter Chloe since 1999.
It was during covid that I started to enjoy watching sewing programmes. I had owned a sewing machine for many years but only ever did a small repair job or took up a hem here or there. But after watching the programmes I thought perhaps I could have a go at making SOMETHING. After much thought and deliberation I decided upon denim bags. Denim and bags being 2 of my favourite things.
I didn’t want to be using expensive fabrics to begin practicing the creations so I decided to use old pre loved items. And have enjoyed giving a new lease of life to older items, taking the highlights from each piece and making them into something new. And I’m still learning as I go.
I find it very relaxing to start to work with old jeans and skirts and shirts and just ” see what happens”. I’m at my happiest when I have no idea what I’m going to make….. it just evolves along the way.
I never make 2 pieces exactly the same. Each one is totally individual.

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