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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Other views: Group goes too far with CEO pay cuts ... Pint-sized equines ... Letters to the editor: Oct. 27, 2015 ... Other views: Group goes too far with CEO pay cuts ... Pint-sized equines ... Letters to the editor: Oct. 27, 2015 ... VISUAL ART Series of talks explores history through quilts Comment By Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune Posted Oct. 26, 2015 at 10:00 AM Updated at 11:38 PM By Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune Posted Oct. 26, 2015 at 10:00 AM Updated at 11:38 PM Quilting groups abound in the Rogue Valley --> Experienced quilters and those who want to learn the time-honored skill of quilting and other fabric arts can choose from a variety of groups that meet regularly in the Rogue Valley. R... » Read more X Quilting groups abound in the Rogue Valley Experienced quilters and those who want to learn the time-honored skill of quilting and other fabric arts can choose from a variety of groups that meet regularly in the Rogue Valley. Rogue Modern Quilters Guild: The quilting group meets from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. the third Saturday of each month to present demonstrations and sewing projects at Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 N. Second St., Ashland. A business meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. All ages and levels of experience may participate. Annual dues cost $25. The first visit is free. Call 541-512-1442 or see roguemodernquilters.wordpress.com. Hands-All-Around Quilters: Visitors can work on individual projects or sew quilts for charity from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays at Wesley Hall in First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland. Call 541-732-0141. Stitchers of All Kinds: Bring your needle-craft supplies and participate in embroidery, needlepoint, cross-stitch, quilting, knitting, crocheting and more at 10 a.m. Mondays at the Rogue River library, 412 E. Main St. Call 541-864-8850 or see www.jcls.org . Fasturn Community Sew: Make quilts, pillowcases and children’s and babies’ items for charity at 9 a.m. Wednesdays at Fasturn, 3859 S. Stage Road, Medford. Call 541-772-8430. Jacksonville Museum Quilters: The group meets at 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays at First Presbyterian Church, 425 Middle St., Jacksonville. Call 541-941-2463. Southern Oregon Stitchers: The local chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America demonstrates needlework and embroidery at 11:30 a.m. the third Saturday of every month at First Presbyterian Church, 456 W. Pine St., Central Point. Call 541-488-4082 or see www.southern-oregon-stitchers.com . » Social News Looking closely at a quilt, local collector Jan Stutts can tell whether it was made by one person or a group of women gathered together to talk, learn, laugh and stitch during a quilting bee. "In one area, you see exquisitely even stitching near very uneven stitching," Stutts says of a quilt made at a quilting bee. "They may have sat a new quilter by an experienced quilter." Quilts can reveal local and family history through their fabric, stitching and patterns. "You can listen to a quilt whisper by using close observation," Stutts says. Stutts will show three quilts and talk about what they reveal during her "What Quilts Can Say" presentation at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Jackson County Genealogy Library, 3405 S. Pacific Highway, Medford. Her presentation is part of an ongoing series of talks on the fourth Tuesday of each month focusing on quilts in the library's collection, as well as other quilts. The "Manzanita of Kanaka Flats" quilt, created by the Jacksonville Museum Quilters in 1980 and now in the library's collection, uses quilting plus appliqué, a technique in which a fabric shape is sewn onto a fabric base. Its traditional Hawaiian-style pattern pays homage to early gold miners who came from Hawaii and settled on the outskirts of Jacksonville on what was called the Kanaka Flats, says Jackson County Genealogy Library Director Anne Billeter. Also called Kanaka Flat, the area was a multi-ethnic gold rush mining camp. Settlers in early Jacksonville wanted only white residents in the town. On Nov. 24, Southern Oregon Historical Society Archivist Pat Harper will talk about the "Table Rock Mountain Quilt," finished by the Jacksonville Museum Quilters in 1994. A central panel depicts Table Rock with the Rogue River running below the iconic rock formation. On the edges of the quilt, 18 hand-stitched, appliquéd and embroidered panels show wildflowers that grow on Table Rock — including Indian paint brush, camas, Western buttercup, shooting stars, hound's tongue, cat's ear, lamb's tongue and mule's ear. Harper will tell about the Treaty of Table Rock, which was meant to bring peace between warring white settlers and tribes in the Rogue Valley. "Against all odds, in 1853 Native American leaders and General Joseph Lane and other military leaders were able to come together and calm tempers and events down enough to meet and sign the treaty," Harper says. "Unfortunately, the Table Rock Treaty was not successful." Native Americans were promised supplies that would help them live at a temporary Table Rock Reservation but were never given enough to survive, Harper says. The 1855 massacre of a Takelma Tribe camp by white settlers and miners near Upper Table Rock ended the precarious peace. The Rogue Indian Wars resulted in the forced relocation of many tribal members to reservations in northern Oregon, according to historical accounts. After a break in December, the quilt talks will resume Jan. 26, 2016, when Sue Waldron will show utilitarian quilts made out of scraps from old wool winter coats. Waldron's great-grandmother, who had lived in frigid Minnesota and North Dakota before moving to Medford, made a patchwork quilt out of scraps from old coats between 1938 and 1942. "They didn't go out and buy yards of fabric to make a quilt," Waldron says. Other quilt, genealogy and history talks will follow in 2016. Feb. 23, several Rogue Valley Genealogical Society members will share the histories of their family quilts. March 22, learn about two quilts that may be related to the Helman pioneer family. April 26, see a Medford centennial quilt focused on the city's railroad history and learn about Medford's early years from historian Ben Truwe. May 24, learn about the historic covered McKee Bridge, which is depicted in a quilt made by a descendant of the early McKee family. June 28, learn about a 1933-1934 quilt that has 41 people's names embroidered on it. Also that day, the genealogy library will draw the winning ticket for a raffle of the Hooper Dooms quilt, which was made in the 1920s and 1930s with fabric advertised as "sun-proof and tub-proof." Tickets cost $1, six for $5 or 30 for $20 and can be purchased at the genealogy library. Staff reporter Vickie Aldous can be reached at 541-776-4486 or [email protected] . Follow her at www.twitter.com/VickieAldous . By Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune Posted Oct. 26, 2015 at 10:00 AM Updated at 11:38 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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