The Doors of the Sewing Circle are ope now through March 31st! We kick off the Spring Sewing Challenge on April 1st!
Join the Pink Hollybush Sewing Circle
as together we expand our sewing and smocking skills with Quarterly Sewing Challenges, Monthly Technique Videos, a Monthly Smocking Plate, live Zoom Meetings & much more!
Would you like to...
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Learn new techniques & expand your Sewing & Smocking skills?
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Create beautiful clothes that you are proud to give or wear yourself?
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Sew clothes your loved ones can't wait to receive and wear?
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Finish up some of those UFOs?
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Gain confidence working with knit fabrics?
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Connect with like minded sewing sisters?
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Receive support & encouragement to try new sewing techniques?
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Gain confidence in your sewing & smocking?
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Incorporate handwork such as smocking or embroidery into your sewing creations that is appreciated?
The Sewing Circle now includes A Year of Smocking!
How the Sewing Circle Works
Challenge your creativity as you participate in a Quarterly Sewing Challenges
Gain inspiration and support as we meet each month to discuss a different Sewing Topic.
Connect with other members any time in the Sewing Room, our online forum.
Expand your sewing skills through the monthly technique video.
"What has happened in the Sewing Circle?"
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In our first quarter, we played Sewing Bingo. To win we each had to make a knit garment along with several other challenges, such as sewing something with a stash fabric and getting together with a sewing friend.
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In 2024 we supported each other as we sewed for the holidays. Pam made a fun knit garment for Halloween and Natalie set the goal of finishing a smocked blouse for herself by Christmas! This past quarter we had a contest to organize our sewing spaces with a gift certificates to a fabric shop for the greatest transformation and the best organizational tip.
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At our zoom meetings we have discussed knit necklines, our favorite sewing feet, our favorite and quick sewing gift ideas, and best places to purchase fabric.
As a Sewing Circle Member, you will receive:
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An exclusive teaching video. Each month there will be new teaching video added to the video library.
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A live Zoom Meeting where you can ask your questions, connect with your sewing sisters, and encourage each other in our sewing endeavors. (it will be recorded if you can't join live.) We will have these 10 times per year.
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A Year of Smocking. A new smocking graph delivered to your inbox on the 10th of each month. The smocking plates focus on advanced smocking stitches and techniques.
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Quarterly Sewing Challenges: January , April, August and October.
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Access to the Sewing Tutorial Video Teaching Library: The Library currently has over 50 videos and new ones will be added each month.
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Exclusive discount on Pink Hollybush patterns.
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Access to the Sewing Room, our online forum, where you can connect with other members and share your creations - no need to be on social media!
What you can expect...
Quarterly Sewing Challenges
Each quarter we will have a new Sew-Along that will be a sewing challenge. The Sew-Along will give you parameters and have a unique focus, but you pick the project, you pick the pattern. Here is your chance to expand your skills while completing a project that is uniquely yours!
Live Chats & Sew-Alongs
We will meet on zoom 10 times a year to discuss all things sewing, answer questions, and encourage each other in our latest sewing adventure. Each month will have a different topic as we share resources and help each other find solutions to our sewing conundrums! The sessions will be recorded and available to view after if you can't join us.
The Sewing Video Library
No need to go searching for a tutorial, instead you will have access to exclusive sewing videos that show step by step how to sew or smock a particular technique. Need a refresher on a particular smocking stitch, wondering how to pleat seamlessly, or which stitch to use with that knit fabric, there is a video for that! Better yet, a new video will be added each month.
Community
Let's have fun with our sewing! Meet each other and share your sewing creations in our forum - "The Sewing Room," hosted on the Pink Hollybush website. No need to be on social media! Support and encourage each other between our zoom meetings as we participate in our Quarterly Sewing Challenges and share our other sewing endeavors.
A Year of Smocking
Advance your smocking skills through a new smocking plate delivered to your inbox on the 10th of each month. The smocking plates will focus on advanced smocking stitches such as Van Dyke, Surface Honeycomb, and Cretan. It will also cover advanced smocking techniques such as Bargello smocking, Curved smocking and Smocked Laces.
Peggy D.
My daughter wants you to know that you are a great teacher - she says my work/smocking/sewing has gone from above average to the next level above. She and my granddaughters thank you very much. Me too."
Dee R.
I am so glad that I joined and I have learned so much. This is a great support for sewing no matter what your skill level.
Debra S.
My favorite fabric to sew with is now a Knit thanks to learning with Lisa!
Frequently Asked Questions...
How do I join the Sewing Circle?
Joining is simple. Click on the button below. You will be taken to the checkout page where you can choose the yearly or quarterly plan. The Sewing Circle will open January 1st at 9 am. The Sewing Video for that month will be posted in the Sewing Library and you will receive information about that quarter's Sewing Challenge.
Do I have to live in the US to join?
Absolutely not! We would love you to join us no matter where in the world you live. If the website does not let you check out, please just email me.
Will I receive a copy of the monthly technique video?
The monthly technique video will be posted in the Sewing Circle that you access online. You will not receive a copy of the video. You will have access to the videos as long as you remain a member of the Sewing Circle.
Will the Sewing Challenges only be sewing children's clothes?
For most of our sewing challenges you will be picking the pattern, so you certainly could pick an adult pattern. Some of our challenges may be specifically children's clothes.
I have never worked with knits. Will the sewing circle work for me?
The Sewing Circle is the perfect place to learn to handle knits. Many of our library videos will focus on knits and the monthly Zoom sessions and The Sewing Room Forum will be the perfect place to get your questions answered.
How long do I have access?
You are free to cancel membership at any time. You will retain access to everything in the Sewing Circle as long as you remain a member.
I am so glad you are interested in The Sewing Circle! I'm Lisa, the creator of Pink Hollybush Patterns. I have been sewing since high school and smocking since my daughter was two. Sewing for others has always been a way for me to show that I care. Now with a granddaughter two plane rides away, it is a way that I reach out and connect with her across the miles. I may not be there to give her a hug in the morning, but she can get dressed in an outfit her Gigi made just for her! My two adult daughters appreciate receiving a sewn care package in the mail, and of course, I love dressing myself in something unique and one of a kind. I have my artisan level certification in smocking and served as the President of the Smocking Arts Guild from 2014-2016. As President, I heard from so many women that their daughter and daughter-in-laws wouldn't put the children in the smocked clothes. They were two fancy or fussy. In talking with younger moms I realized, the handwork isn't the problem, usually it's the fabric! I am a firm believer in reimagining and adapting classic techniques to today's busy lifestyle. So after finishing my service as President, I begin experimenting with smocking on knit fabrics. I took courses on pattern development and now here we are. Along the way I have continued that experimentation to better understand knit fabrics. I know you want to use your talents and skills to create something special for a loved one or yourself. Join me as we explore the world of smocking, knit fabrics, and all things sewing. So get a cup of tea and let's sew and smock for ourselves and others!
Meet Lisa...