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A sewing circle is group of people, usually women, who meet regularly for the purpose of sewing, often for charitable causes while chatting gossip and politics. For example, in ante-bellum America, local anti-slavery or missionary "sewing circles were complementary, not competing, organisations that allowed () to act on their concern for creating a more just and moral society". Examples of sewing circles include the Fragment Society, and the Mennonite Sewing Circle. Apart from charitable purposes, contemporary sewing circles may be formed into organisations on a national level, such as the Guilds in Australia and America "for people who regard sewing as a creative and rewarding activity".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aussew.org.au/about.php )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.asg.org/ )〕 It has been speculated that the phrase "chew the rag", is related to gossiping while working in a sewing circle. == Other uses == Sewing circle is also a phrase used (by Marlene Dietrich, for instance) to describe the underground, closeted lesbian and bisexual film actresses and their relationships in Hollywood, United States, particularly during Hollywood's golden age from the 1910s to the 1950s. This usage was coined by the actress Alla Nazimova.〔(Film Actors: Lesbian ), glbtq.com. Retrieved: 2014-01-12.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「sewing circle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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