I took the required class at Pieceful Quilting in Riverhead. The class I took was three years ago, I mention this because after I took the class, the store changed longarm machines, leaving me without the required knowledge of the new machine. I found the class to be good, the teacher not so good. I learned to move the head around, but the information was given quickly, too quickly for me. I had fun, but did not learn enough to use the machine by myself. The teacher that evening did not hand out the written notes, as she should have and I had to go back a week later and get the written information. It was fun, but not great. For learning to load the quilt, batting, and backing, and threading the machine- I need more than a few brief minutes.