My 18yo DD and I took the Formal and Floral Design class from Irena Bluhm last summer. She is a lot of fun and a great teacher. What I took away from that class was: don't try to make your feathers mirror images of each other and all your designs perfect. The more improvisional and unmatched your quilting is, the better it looks overall. She helped me become a lot less uptight about and freer with the LA. And the quilts she displayed at the class were phenomenal!