CORSICA, Pa. (EYT) — The decision to open Seven Hills Quilts and Crafts the Friday of Autumn Leaf Festival last year came with the selling of the Stewart Laboratories business near I-80 Exit 70.
(Photo above: Owner Pam Stewart.)
The store’s opening day was the same day as the annual ALF Crafters Day, but the store still attracted a steady stream of customers all day.
“We sold Stewart Laboratories a year ago in January,” said Pam Stewart. “We decided that instead of selling the building we wanted to do something with it and turned it into a little craft store.”
Stewart previously worked with crafts and sold them at flea markets on the weekends and already had a sales tax license required to sell crafts, so the decision to start a store was a natural progression.
“We wanted to keep the prices reasonable, so people have a place to shop,” said Stewart. “We have a lot of primitive and a little bit of antiques, candles, and a little bit of everything. The customers love our prices and the variety of different primitive stuff. The homemade crafts go very well.”
Seven Hills Quilts and Crafts is now open 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays, and on Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours will expand in April until 9:00 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
Stewart Laboratories, Inc. provided fast and accurate results for environmental monitoring and compliance since 1976. Stewart Laboratories had all the resources needed to monitor and analyze the chemical and physical properties of water, soil, and other environmental materials.
