Setting the Record Straight

Hello, quilting friends—Tina here.

You might have come across an online article recently that described Fabric Nook as a “cash-only” fabric shop. Let me clarify that:

Fabric Nook accepts cash, credit, and debit cards.

Although cash is certainly acceptable, you needn’t go to an ATM before coming to the shop; if you have a card in your wallet and quilting ideas in your mind, you’re all ready!

How Did This Mistake Occur?

After my son Asher did some careful investigating, we were able to pin down the most likely cause of the confusion.

Before the inaccurate article was published, another website had already published a list of affordable fabric shops in Colorado. The entry that came right before Fabric Nook was for a different shop, and it concluded with the following advice:

“Bring cash, bring patience, and bring a bigger bag than you think you need.”

The following shop listed on the page was Fabric Nook.

The same thing was said at the beginning of the later article about the Fabric Nook:

“Bring cash, bring a little patience, and prepare to find something you absolutely did not know you needed.”

While we appreciate the publicity, the article unfortunately went on to say much more.

Whoever or whatever wrote the article turned those two words into what was claimed to be a “cash-only policy” and even told readers that it was essential to bring enough cash.

That isn’t true.

The information from the previous store had been linked to Fabric Nook, and, on this basis, the article used the mistake as its headline and the basis for a large portion of its story.

Fabric Nook’s Actual Payment Policy

Fabric Nook has always taken cards.

Indeed, in some of our previous sales announcements, we indicated one discount for purchases made by credit card and an additional discount for those made in cash. Providing a cash incentive doesn’t mean that a business becomes cash-only; it only means that customers have a choice.

So, to make this as clear as possible:

• We accept credit cards.
• We accept debit cards.
• We accept cash.
• You are free to choose from the accepted payment methods, whichever suits you best.

The Article Included Some Information That Was Based On Reality

What is frustrating is that the wrong payment claim was included among all the correct details concerning Fabric Nook.

The shop is actually in a wonderful historic building and has the original, genuine pine floors.

I did buy the business in 2015 from my former kindergarten teacher.

We really do have over 2,000 bolts of fabric, including more than 200 batiks, together with yarn, thread, buttons, ribbons, lace, and a good deal of other goodies for creative people.

Fabric Nook is much more than a shop where fabric can be bought; it is a place where people share ideas, swap sewing advice, take part in workshops, and even use their skills to support others, such as the local quilt guild and its veterans’ quilts.

These are all important aspects of our story, and I am thankful each time someone wishes to share them.

Yet just because one accurately reproduces some information from our website does not mean one is free to publish a false statement without first consulting us.

Nobody took the trouble to ask me to check that Fabric Nook was a cash-only shop. If they had asked, I would have fixed the error right away.

Another Important Correction

The article also presented Fabric Nook as a place where tailoring can be done and mentioned that I could have garments altered, such as bridesmaid dresses.

The information has become outdated. I no longer take on general sewing jobs. The only services I am still offering are zipper repairs and cover-stitch hems.

Since I run my own small business, I know that information can become outdated, which is why it is so important to check directly with the business before publishing it.

This Article Generates Questions And Concerns

The printing error, where we only accept cash, did not occur on its own; in fact, the article has compiled information from several existing web pages. Most of the shop’s history, my background, and its inventory come from Fabric Nook’s website.

Many of the pictures are from our Google listing and were taken by my son Asher or are published on our website.

The description of Fabric Nook as a place where people gather is most likely from Destination Granby.

Upon looking for where the claim of a “cash only policy” came from, Asher came across another website in his investigation: Ever After In The Woods. This website published a ‘listicle’ much like the one that featured the shop in June, placing the Fabric Nook at number 2 on a list of affordable quilting and craft shops in Colorado.

And again, while we’re appreciative of the publicity, it really behooves article writers, whether human or machine, to fact-check what they’re willing to publish, as the shop does not offer coffee of any kind as a regular part of its service to customers!

This list is also the most likely source of the misinformation found at Decor Hint. Ever After’s list features another shop in the number 1 slot. At the end of the blurb for that shop was the phrase mentioned at the beginning of this post.

Asher concludes with fair certainty that these articles are barely reviewed by human eyes and are mostly written by the machines everyone’s been talking about. Being somewhat of an expert in computer programs since the age of 7, Asher believes what probably happened is that the program didn’t differentiate enough between the first and second items on the list, and when it wrote the article a couple of days later, it “hallucinated” a “cash-only policy” that never existed, complete with customers’ reactions!

I want to point out that the second article contains no interview with me, no quote from anyone at Fabric Nook, and no named customer. It does not indicate that the writer reached out to the shop, even though it talks confidently about our policies and what customers allegedly have experienced.

The fact is, no one reached out to the shop to verify any of this information.

The headline also adheres to a well-known online pattern: a business has some odd restriction, ‘yet’ customers still queue up or keep coming back. The same website has employed almost identical cash-only headlines for restaurants and bakeries in other parts of the country.

In the case of Fabric Nook, that kind of formula was used on a business that accepted cards.

We believe the article appears to have received considerable help from AI because of its recycled structure, the fact that the material has been assembled from multiple sources, the website’s high publishing volume, the absence of any genuine reporting, and the apparent transfer of a detail from one company to another via an error a human would most likely not make.

It is impossible to determine precisely how it was produced without seeing the publisher’s draft versions or records. The evidence clearly shows that automated writing likely played a major role and that the publisher failed to fact-check the final article properly.

It is difficult to verify the author named “Talia Everly”.

The byline does not link to a personal author page, and the publicly available biography contains no significant details that could identify the author. The name might be that of an actual contributor, a pseudonym, a shared byline, or a fabricated author profile. Since there is not sufficient reliable evidence to determine which it is, I am not going to make any speculations beyond what can be supported.

However, Asher did run the images of the editors of both Ever After In The Woods and Decor Hint through an AI image detector. I’ll share the results with you below:

This last image was uploaded to Decor Hint with the filename:

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What Is True Is True!

I enjoy welcoming quilters, sewists, people who love yarn, beginning enthusiasts, long-time friends, and travelers who visit Granby. I am also grateful to all those who take the time to write about independent shops such as mine.

All I ask is that the information about Fabric Nook be accurate: it is a genuine, small business operated by a real individual and catering to real customers.

A wrong headline can easily end up as a ‘fact’ which is passed on from one website to another, and another, and another, when a simple phone call or message by a human being would have shown it was not true.

And it isn’t true.

So don’t forget, or get fooled! Fabric Nook is not a cash-only shop; we take cards, and we always do.

If you’d like, bring cash! And if it’s more convenient for you, then bring your credit or debit card!

Most important of all, do bring your creativity, your questions, and your love of making beautiful things.

I look forward to seeing you at Fabric Nook!

—Tina
Fabric Nook