I've been in this shop several times previously! I keep coming back because the owner is a kind &…read morecourteous woman with terrific taste. Every quilt fabric, every skein of yarn, every pattern is of supreme quality! "Cindy", the owner, also carries tools & helpful aids for your creative outlets. As long as she has this shop open I will continue to give her my business when I am fortunate enough to visit Pine Grove Mills! An important tip: you MUST make an appointment ahead of time!!!! Don't waste your time driving to the shop unannounced! Parking: I parked on the street right next to the shop. There may be additional parking but I'm not certain. Keep local business alive & give this shop a look. You definitely won't be sorry!

Very nice fabric selection, including some incredible Australian textiles for quilting. Helpful…read morestaff and nicely laid out store. Will be back next time I'm in the area.

What's better than a shop full of fabrics? A friendly owner. Its not close to home but I…read moredefinitely will be shopping here! Nice variety with competitive prices. The assortment was great. Lots of panels.

This quilt shop is much like the Amish and Mennonite owned quilt shops in Lancaster County. Theres…read morea good variety of fabrics :high end quilt fabric, apparel,novelty fabrics, fleece, flannels and Batik, all at a fair price. . They also have a fine selection of patterns and Notions. The person at the cutting table was sweet. This place is off the beaten path, surrounded by farms and worth the drive. So glad I found this hidden gem.

Pros: I very much appreciate what this shop does as far as philanthropy and employment is…read moreconcerned. More businesses should find a way to do the same. I also love that items are donated, which reduces pollution and environmental impact as well as keeps viable things out of the landfills. Plus, depending on factors, there are some great bargains to be discovered. My glaring con, though, is something rather commonplace now among thrift stores and that is the overpriced or limited shipping options. I put a few items in my cart today ($32 worth) and was shocked to see shipping costs of nearly $20 for USPS Priority Mail without other shipping options available. When I removed an item, the shipping cost *stayed the same*. Unless you have particularly deep pockets, I'd consider this place more of an in-store visit only, unfortunately.

I grew up in PA and when I return I come to Vernas for all my sewing needs. Very affordable and an…read moreextensive selection of fabrics. Staff is knowledgeable and professional.

She's got everything from fabric to notions to sweets! Lighting isn't great so you might want to…read morebring a flashlight if that is a problem telling shades of fabrics!

Super top notch customer satisfaction, excellent instructor. Awesome fabrics notions and supplies.read more

My husband and I recently moved to this area. We stopped in to see what this store had to offer. At…read morethe time the store was closed. But by surprised the owner came to the door and let us in to show us around. We had a nice conversation and thanked her. I will visit this store again.

I went on to get blanket yarn for a throw i was making. I checked the website they said what I…read moreneeded was in stock at the store, I went to the store and they only had 1-3 skeins of every color on display. I asked 3 different team members to check for more and all of them dismissed me, didn't check and got nasty when I tried to explain that I needed more. I spent over an hour until I found ANY colors in the quantity (10) that I needed. At check out the clerk argued with me that they rung it all up with the sale price and they ended up getting another person to rerung it up because they didn't do the sale. $50 is what I saved by MAKING them correctly ring it up. Overall bad experience, it should've only taken a few min and instead was over an hour. Not helpful and rude.

I have no idea what any of the other reviews are talking about but then I never need cutting…read morecounter help. I do cross stitch, and do model airplanes and other "hobby" stuff. I also have the App on my phone (which has fine print that tells you what you can and cannot use the coupon on just like any other coupon with stipulations does). Everyone there has been helpful to what I've come to expect from other stores (and MUCH more helpful than their major competitors in the area (walmart or Michaels) where you're lucky to find someone who knows anything about the department you're in and by the time you do you're roughly an hour into your experience). Sure you might get quick directions if they're busy doing something....."oh you know where the floss is...turn around and it's about 3 feet to your right near the top i think....if you can't find it come back and i'll come help you look". If I'm going to give a down side to this place (and kept me from going 5 stars) it's that they don't have models (which i really can't blame them for since there's a model store in the very next plaza over) and the parking situation is TERRIBLE now that perkins is in there. Sometimes they get busy with only two checkouts as well. If you've ever worked retail you know that this happens though and invariably if they added another checkout it'd sit empty a good 80% of the time. If i'm going to guess I'm going to say that these other people have never worked a day of retail in their lives (something EVERYONE should experience), and just can't relate to someone trying to do their best given a situation.

I was in town for a family reunion and I loved this shop. The owner had great fabric and even…read morebetter ideas to some of my quilting questions. I will be back.

Stay safe here. The owner wouldn't let me send a very sick employee home during the pandemic,…read moredemanded I come to work when on isolation after I and most of the staff got COVID, and when that employee died, he just sent a two word text: "He's dead." Then he fired me for it (I guess? These guys never write anything down, and I'd never been so happy to get fired.), and lied to unemployment about it. Oh, and my forklift training was "this is up and down, this is tilt, this is back and forwards," and just leaving the building when the next vendor came. And I went ahead and did it without complaint, lol.

I'd like to give them three, but on the day I went, many customers were unmasked.  The way in was…read morenot encouraging enough about masks.  The staff was tired of asking folks to protect themselves and others.  While the store supports Christian programming on TV, they don't go very far to support or require Christian behavior.  The unmasked folks clearly had multiple underlying conditions, and were the folks we're trying to protect most, which was an irony lost of them but not to me. Surplus City is like Ollies, but a little broader and more idiosyncratic, if that is possible. They reminded me a bit of Building 19, but not as wild as Spags.   Makers would find lots of hardware and materials to use.  Prices were low enough you might try something to see if it works as a craft, hobby, or repair. I'll be back post-pandemic to browse at more leisure. Paul R.'s picture is helpful. it shows the entry, which is the downhill building of the two. To Mary: Most of what you suggested is correct (stay distant, don't touch your face, I would add in particular, your mucous membranes). Nearly any people who have been told by medical staff not to obstruct their own breathing should not be out and about. See the CDC web site. I fear that you misunderstand the medical and healthcare advice out there. I find that I am better informed when I follow the CDC, WHO, and PA public health rather than other sources. "If you think wearing a mask is going to stop a nano-sized virus you are kidding yourself". Technically, you are true, most masks do not stop 100% of viruses. On the other hand, if you mean that masks will not stop this pandemic, I believe you are incorrect. The CDC, PA Dept of Health, all the professors at Penn State Hershey, and Penn State Biology, and all the MD, PhD, RN/PhD, and MD/PhD that I talk to believe that masks can stop this pandemic if enough people use them. For your sake, and for ours, so we can get back to work and play, wear a mask to protect yourself (they are not perfect, but help a lot) and help others in case you are asymptomatic. Also, the virus is not nano-sized, but micro-sized. Nano is down by the molecule level, the molecular weight of this virus is not high, but does appear to be caught in significant amounts by most masks as it is thousands of molecules (see: https://nanohydroponicscom.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/nano-size-range.jpg?w=882), and Dr. Google. The science and engineering of how masks work relies on college EM physics. google for details. I suspect the electro statics also catch nanoparticles, and Dr. Google concurs.