Your reasons are the ones I will not take classes. I find the instructors tend to have favorites, or just is not very comitted to ensuring everyones success. I took one "class" and and by the second week there was a additional "group" quilt started , that everyone was expected to contribute 2 blocks each week to each member of the class. It was a pattern I never ever would have picked, and the fabric choices some made ...could have used some guidance. To partipate it was an additional $12.00 per week commitment just for this "side project". . I was ready to opt out of this additional add on .. but I was the only one who seemed bothered by it. The first 30 minutes was lost each week to the passing out of these blocks that were not part of the original class. I stopped going it was such a dissappointment... and stopped most of my purchases at that LQS.
I took the class in hopes of learning something new... meeting a few new quilting friends .. and getting some time out of the house. ... I learned that classes are a way to promote sales in the shop, and everything else was a far far second .
Last edited by Lori S; 07-15-2012 at 06:53 AM.