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First Snow Fall

1/11/2023

Can you believe that we had a small snow fall yesterday? This crips weather has Meagan planing a Hallmark Christmas movie stitch marathon, as she tries to complete a few stitch ornaments in time for the holiday season and ornament exchanges. What is your favourite fabric to stitch ornaments on? Do you have all your holiday stitching done or are you just getting started?

Apple Cider and Spooky Stitching

3/10/2023

Fall is in the air, leaves are turning and it's time to close our Trailer for the season. Join us Friday October 20th, at Kimat Designs for a day of hot apple cider, fall inspired treats and one last chance to tour the trailer.

In the meantime don't forget the from now until Oct 11th our collection of Halloween/Autumn Patterns are one sale! Use coupon code SPOOKY at checkout to receive 10% off.

Also for the month of October we are offering 10% off Cottage Garden Thread Packs.

September Newsletter 2023

6/9/2023

Have you started your September Sampler? We would love to see your progress or hear about which sampler you are currently working on in the comments.
Kim and I will be travelling throughout September to local Quilt shows as vendors. We hope to see you at a few, don't forget if you are looking for a specific items let us know, as we can't fit the whole store into our van.
We have started to bring in New Patterns for the Fall, keep an eye on our New Arrivals Page for updates. Speaking of new arrivals we are super excited to start carrying a small selection of English Paper Piecing and Sashiko!
Quilt Shows:
Buckhorn Quilt Show
September 8,9 Buckhorn Community Centre
10-5 both days
Leeds Grenville Fibre Extravaganza
Saturday, September 16th, 2023 at the North Grenville Municipal Centre. 10-4
Yorkshire Rose Quilters Guild
September 23rd and 24th. Ellesmere Community Center, 20 Canada Road, Scarborough.

August Newsletter

7/8/2023

Stitching Roadtrip

22/6/2023

Kim and I had a wonderful trip to the EAC-ACB Seminar this June. We are so in awe of the beauty of our country and very thankful for the time we were able to spend together.

Day 1
Our first day we ended up leaving a little later then planned, however we did make it to Chutes Provincial Park roughly around six in the evening. We decided that our first stop would be to see the breath taking chutes then make camp. Admittedly the first camp of the season is always a little rough, it's been eight months or so since we have unpack and set up a tent. So not a big deal when we discovered the only thing we forgot to pack was the pump for the air mattress, off we went to the first trip to Canadian Tire. Oh No! We blew a fuse in the van blowing up the mattress.

Day Two
Okay so we had just blown a fuse for the cigarette lighter which powers the GPS. We can make it into Sault Ste. Marie for our second trip to Canadian Tire just fine. Three hours later we are back on the road and arrive at our destination for the night Neys Provincial Park. After taking our time to stroll the shores of Lake Superior we return to camp for the night and can you guess what happens next? If you guessed blow a fuse, you score a point. We can't thank our neighbours coming to the recuse and blowing up our air mattress for the night!

Day Three
Off to Thunder Bay for our third and final stop at a Canadian Tire! While we changed the fuses we were able to catch a glimpse of an airshow with the Snowbirds. That night we make it to Rushing River Provincial Park, where we are able to set up the tent just before the rain started. The wildflowers were in peak bloom, and we were able to enjoy the view over looking the water in the morning while we ate breakfast.

Day Four,
After an adventurous morning of having to call CAA to tow us out of our campsite. With the rain we had overnight the front wheels of van had sunken into the sand of the our site. We arrived in Winnipeg for the 2023 EAC/ACB Seminar. It's hard to believe how quickly the landscape changes from rolling hills to flat open area. Our luck follows us for one more bump in the road. No sooner then we finish checking in and unpacking the van does the fire alarm go off and we must evacuate the hotel for twenty minutes.

Day Five/Opening Reception
After three days on the road driving and camping Kim and I were very excited to take a day to rest, tidy the camping gear and air out/dry the tent in the parking lot. While we did not get much time to see and explore the city as we would have liked, we did get to spend a few hours exploring the Forks and grabbing lunch.

Day Six & Seven - First Two Day Classes
You are certainly immersed into classes right away and hit the ground running. I had great time in Mike Parr's class expanding my knowledge and learning new stumpwork, surface embroidery and needle lace techniques. Kim was thrilled with her class on the Borro Bag and having a chance to explore a new technique that she has been very interested in for awhile.

Day Eight - One Day Class
Mom and I were thrilled to learn that we would both be in Naomi Smith's one day Bead Embroidery class. The class was outstanding and we are looking forward to spending a day or two finishing it this July.

Day Nine & Ten - Second Two Day Classes & Closing Banquet
We were thrilled to learn that we would both have the opportunity to learn about goldwork embroidery. Kim was in Alison Coles' Bordering on French taught by Beryl, while I was in Natalie Dupuis' Strawberry Delight. Can you believe the beautiful embroidered polar bears everyone received as a table favours?

Day Eleven
After classes on day ten we headed out on the road again to spend the night at a different campsite in Rushing River Provincial. No troubles this time. It was a long day of driving, however we were able to spend the night at Pukaskwa National Park, and bucket list campground!

Day Twelve & Thirteen
We were on the road early for another long day of driving heading for Killarney Provincial Park. Rob and Luna joined us camping for the last few days before heading back home.

Total Animal Sightings
3 Moose
1 Deer in Winnipeg
7 Bears including 1 mom and 3 cubs
1 pair of Sandhill Cranes

A Few Days Later
We arrived home and one week later we hosted our first Stitch Day of the Summer. We are so thankful to everyone coming and spending their day stitching with us! A Special thank you to Mary of Canadian Stitchery for talking about her designs and stitching journey! Along with a shout out to Toby, Sydney, Sandy and Sara for without whose help, the day would not have been possible.

Sunday Zentangle
Throughout the summer we well be exploring Zendala or round tiles. I will be starting this series with an advanced beginner in mind. If you have been thinking about joining now is the time.
Class run Sunday's at 3pm EST. July 16, 23, 30
No Class, July 9th

Stitching News,
We are happy to be back to work in the store, Kim and I are still working on unpacking from all our shows earlier this summer so keep an eye on the New Arrivals Page for new patterns and kits. In the meantime we have updated the Last Chance Items, you will find some amazing deals on patterns!

June Newsletter

30/5/2023

We are a little early in getting Junes' Newsletter out to you!
June is a month filled with stitching events. Kim and I are going to Winnipeg for the EAC - Embroiderers' Association of Canada Seminar to attend classes and market night. Later in the month we are hosting our first of two this summer Stitching Day and awhile the June event is sold out we do have limit spaces still available for August.

May Newsletter

3/5/2023

At Kimat Designs the month of May starts your show season, we are excited to be invited to be vendors' at Stitch North this week and Peterborough Fibre Arts Festival next Saturday, May 13th. Then May 27th our mobile shop will be hosted by the Beach Sewing Center. It's going to be a great month, hope you will see you soon.

April 2023 Newsletter

5/4/2023

March 2023 Newsletter

16/3/2023

February Newsletter

1/2/2023

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Kim Mather,
Meagan Mather

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We are open Monday - Sunday for in person appointments. We are continuing to offer to zoom and curbside pick-up as well. Thanks Kim & Meagan

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