Aristotle was the first to write that what separates man from beast is not our ability to reason but rather our ability to use fabric and needles to quilt our own books. Create your own copy of Poetics with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of quilting classes and merchandise at Once Upon a Quilt.

Once Upon a Quilt empowers needle wielders with quilting, knitting, and crocheting classes and a stock of more than 2,500 bolts of fabric from brands such as Amy Butler and Hoffman Batiks. Students in the seven-week Beginning Quilting class cut their quilting teeth on a pattern specially designed for first-timers ($100), while the Writers Block Quilt guides more experienced needles to stitch a two-color quilt ($35). Alternately, develop crocheting skills in Crochet 101 for later use crafting hats or breaking world records with 20-ton hacky sacks ($35).

More than 2,500 bolts of 100% cotton quilting fabrics ($7.50+/yd.), yarns ($6.95+/skein), and patterns bedeck Once Upon a Quilt’s overflowing walls. A BERNINA Excellence Partner dealer, Once Upon a Quilt offers accessories and repairs for sewing machines, in addition to hosting BERNINA sewing-machine mastery classes to learn quick fixes and advanced cape-embroidering techniques.