I took a 6 week course and I think she did pretty good given the 2 hours she had to teach. I think an advanced class would teach about needles and thread, color and more about the quilt sandwich. I made my first quilt from that class and it took me 6 months to do it from start to finish. I made a huge queen quilt and quilted it on my home machine. I personally do not expect a teacher to teach me everything, it's my responsibility to learn some things on my own by reading and doing the projects. I was the only student in a class of 3 that turned in my finished blocks each week. One was such a perfectionist, she absolutely could not finish a block and the other just goofed off. I am very grateful to my teacher, she was great.