I agree with what people are saying here. Head on over to your nearest friendly local quilt shop and they will likely have classes for you. You can often rent time on their long-arm machines after you take their long-arm class. If you take a long-arm quilting class and then move, I'm pretty sure the new local quilt shop will let you rent time on their machine, as long as you can show them you know what you're doing. Their should be no need to another long-arm class at the new shop. IMHO