Thank you all for the congrats. It means a lot more coming from other "hostaholics!" Donna, this is the second year I have had this War Paint. I received it last year as a four eyed plant. This year it is 7 eyes. Looks like it is a good grower. Hagar23, good luck with your contest in July. Sounds like your contest requires only one leaf? That may give you more to choose from. Babka, I have been striving to get a June to have the yellow center, but I was not successful this year. Of course, since I have a shade garden, I want what I cannot have---a yellow June! But I do like the shaded June too. Kate, good luck with finding War Paint!

What a cool prize! There's a tonne (metric eh!) of information here in the forums. I have some Canadian links at my site too (link below). Here is a link that might be useful: VermiComposting Links

Well hi again, Thanks for the congrats, yes, I'm, VERY excited & scared. As one can see, I'VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN -- here I thought it was asking a lot for the 20% deposit (since I haven't worked in months, I need it for materials). Well, I calculated it based on a projected approx. of 15 yds. total (7.5 front & back); all the cottons I buy at LQS are running average $9.50/yd., so $10/yd x 15 yds = $150 fabrics, then of course, there's batting & thread to add in. OK, next time I'll ask at least 40% (& probably write a contract too, which I declined to do since he offered a cash deposit & has just met me.) Lots of design freedom, all the patron expressed was a desire for very masculine, & very soft. He's specified the colors Navy & Khaki (OK by me), his girlfreind added in gray, I later realized gray & khaki are likely to be too close in value; so I'll need to ask him to eliminate one of those & pick another color. He told me I have carte blanche on the design & has asked for a plain reverse side (the baby blanket I showed him had deisgn work on back as well). I got this commission from showing the baby quilt & when the patron asked for something specifically masculine, I brought along the quilt I was making for Dad when he died (coffee-themed, featured mostly various browns, tans, cremes, bit of burgundy, mustard, gray & black. I showed a third one (smallish) mostly analogous blues/greens/purples which he felt to "purply" for him). Hope to get to LQS tonite for preliminary inquiries, am hoping to look around for some swatches & take them to my patron later this wk. The design prospects seem wide open other than QAYG which in my case was framed squares of novely fabrics (Dad's quilt). The mind boggles ........ More later & cross yr. fingers!!! (PG) Karen

The most hearty congratulations, seil. If nothing else, you can see how many friends you have here. I don't know when I've seen this much of a response to a post, and well deserved. You're always here to help and advise, and I'm so glad you had this wonderful award!