Like flying a kite during a storm or dating Thor, fabric shopping goes more smoothly if one knows when to avoid a bolt. Sew using Norse might with today’s Groupon: for $25, you get $55 worth of home décor fabric at Loomcraft in Vernon Hills.

Loomcraft’s textile experts guide home decorators through a show room of more than 200,000 yards of designer-brand fabrics, and resurrect furniture with their custom labor, reupholstery, and slipcover expertise. Lost shopping carts wander amidst a jungle of striped and floral cotton prints, and velvets and silks try to out-snuggle one another on tightly packed shelves ($10.99+/yd.). Stitch a variety of decorations to use all over the home with housebroken indoor fabrics or rugged outdoor materials strong enough to weather the elements. An array of trim and lining crisply define home-improvement projects, adding a professional edge to re-covered couches or modern tapestries depicting the shape of the Internet.