sewing circle

a group, especially of women, meeting regularly to sew.

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This view was propounded in a sewing-circle discussion and, leaking down to us through our mothers, greatly amused us.
A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays|Willa Cather
There fell a hush of awe over the sewing-circle, and even Miss Snob was a moment in bringing out her second.
A Book o' Nine Tales.|Arlo Bates
I simply smiled vaguely, and asked where the sewing-circle was to be next week.
The Diary of a Saint|Arlo Bates
The matter is discussed, at first, (agreeably to custom,) in the sewing-circle of the town.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866|Various

Polly was rather ashamed of having run away from the sewing-circle, and she had serious thoughts of going back.
A Bookful of Girls|Anna Fuller