These were the albums from various years given to the past president of that year.
Sunflowers greeted everyone as they picked their place.
And of course there was cake....
... and if you didn't like chocolate cake, there was white cake.
Some of the past presidents looking through their 'year'.
This was from the very First quilt Show
Ruth Meadors and Judy Frye donated 106 Christmas stockings!!! (other quilters contributed stockings but I think this was a new record!)
Kathi Battles, Ruth Meadors and Lindy Sullivan show their projects from Carol Taylor's Arc-textures workshop
Kathy showed us how to put the last border on the final Block A Month
Here were the 12 past presidents that attended (and of course, the current president)
These were the original members of the SLO Quilters from 1981 that were in attendance.
Vicki Bookless' quilt that won for the Best 30's Fabrics
Robbie Bos' quilt that won for the Best 30 Items (30 friends she had lost to breast cancer)
Lindy Sullivan's quilt that won for the Best Quilt using 30 fabrics (and we counted and all 30 are there)
Smitty's quilt that won for the Best use of the 30th Anniversary Theme
Melinda's quilt for the Overall Favorite, which also depicts 30 things and 30 fabrics
Past presidents were presented with a 30th Anniversary pin and Margaret Wheeler announced that they were available for just $5 each