The Bernina dealer in my area has Bernina workshops and you don't have to bring your machine. You can use the machines in the shop. Each station has a different machine set up and you do a sewing job on each machine to finish a project. An employee is with each station to get you set up and to instruct you how to do that part of the project. After setting up the hoop, re threading the machine, etc for embroidery I knew machine embroidery wasn't for me. I don't know if all Bernina dealers do this but every machine dealer should do it. Oh and the class is FREE. She sells a lot of machines. She said it was well worth the free classes so customers could try out all the features of each machine, from low, mid and high end prices.