That's a great cautionary tale, Julianna. Not every quilt class is made the same, and some are simply a miserable waste of money and one long commercial. I checked out a quilt shop about an hour from my home that was offering lessons in handquilting. I was really interested in developing a good 'rocking' stitch and the owner seemed so ditzy (sorry, can't really think of a more generous word) that I asked to see a sample of her hand quilting.....she had none.......so I asked if she could give me a quick demo of her hand quilting technique. She did. Plain old stab stitch. When I called her on it she said 'people have to start somewhere'. I agreed with that but advertising an expensive class in hand quilting that had nothing to do with hand quilting didn't seem like a good starting point to me. So I was saved from that one. Sorry you had an unpleasant experience but I'm happy for the two 'poor seamstresses' who were lucky enough to meet you and have some success with their projects! Happy quilting!