Okay, first day on the road and I survived my share of challenges. It seemed like I was paying a toll or fighting traffic every mile of the way from Grand Rapids to Chicago. The roads were lousy in spite of all that toll money and in parts of Chicago between the construction and traffic I considered becoming a little frazzled.

Decided I was quite grateful for the Google Maps GPS on my phone. Not one wrong turn!



The first day of Fabriganza at Troy Distributors went quite smoothly and there was quite a line of shop owners buying fabric before they closed for the day.



I'm the first speaker in the morning sharing the news about my Petticoats and Polka Dots collection with Blue Hill Fabrics.

I should be on my way to Shipshewana for the Dear Jane Retreat by early afternoon and will tweet along the way. For now I'll say "good night" and crawl under the covers. It's going to be an early morning.