You've received some pretty reasonable advice. I'll share my experience, at the Mid-Atlantic quilt festival. A friend and I took one class on sewing curves with a special foot created for sewing curves. The teacher repeated several times "now remember, if you don't understand something be sure to ask!" with a condescending tone, and then she mentioned the satisfaction survey for the class and pointed out she was telling us how to do it, but if we didn't understand it and didn't ask...."
Well... I took her at her word and asked for help. She forgot about me, helped a few others, so I reminded her. She decided to gather a few of us together so she only had to say it once... and from her tone I could tell she was getting tired of pointing things out to people.
I didn't need that type of atmosphere so we left early. She was getting ready to move on to the next step, but what I'd seen so far was a waste of my time and I had quilts to go see!
Last edited by Christine-; 04-18-2012 at 05:22 AM.