Episode 81: Bag Making with Anna Graham

Love to Sew Podcast

Helen Wilkinson

Leisure, Hobbies, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Anna Graham joins us to share her tips on sewing bags, how she got into pattern making, and designing her very own fabric line. We also talk about how she bought her studio space sight unseen and balancing work and family life.

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0:15.0	Dada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Hello and I'm Caroline. I'm Helen and we love to sew.
0:18.0	This is a podcast for makers where we talk about sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you interviews with inspiring
0:23.8	creatives and small business owners in our community.
0:27.2	Today we are chatting with Anna Graham, the designer and blogger behind Noodlehead and the author of
0:32.0	Handmaid Style.
0:33.4	Anna tells us what goes into designing a bag pattern, the best bag making materials, and
0:38.4	how we can successfully sew our own bags.
0:41.4	We also chat about balancing family life, work, and all the sewing.
0:45.6	She's a real bag lady. Hello Anna, thank you so much for coming on the show today.
0:59.0	Hi, thanks for having me.
1:01.0	We're really excited to talk to you today. To start us off, can you
1:04.4	please introduce yourself to our listeners? Yeah, I'm Anna Graham. I live
1:10.4	near Lacrosse Wisconsin. I have two daughters, Natalie and Emily. They're 12 and 10 respectively. I'm married. I have a dog named Pepper. I've been sewing for, I don't know, since I was little. So kind of, it's a good place to get started anyway.
1:31.2	Tell us about your website and a little bit about what you do. Yeah so I started my blog in
1:36.5	2009 it's noodle hyphen head.com the name of that started when my daughter was little, she had very curly blonde
1:46.8	hair and that was her nickname, Noodlehead, so that's where that kind of came from.
1:51.4	So I got started blogging then and it kind of transformed into a business and kind of
1:58.4	grew and changed and involved into what it is today.
2:02.0	I would love to hear more about your sewing journey. You mentioned
2:05.7	you learned to sew when you were little. So tell me about that. Tell me about how you
2:10.4	learn to sew and how your sewing has sort of evolved over the years.
2:13.4	Yeah, so I think I learned to sew in a couple different places.
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