I had the same feeling when I went to my first sewing class, it was horrible. 2 day class $150. I was brand new to sewing my mechine acted up, and sat there the rest of the day not doing anything. the next day I brought a diferent mechine and was fine. The information I got out of class was really good I thought, so I wasnt that dissapointed. I did bring the featherwieght and everyone else had fancy mechines, I was the only one in class that was a beginner tho. I felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb and probibly did.