I started quilting by taking a class. I worked upstairs over a quilt store and would come down to have lunch with the ladies downstairs. I had never quilted, so to me it was very helpful. I was amazed when I realized that you could sew strips together, cut them and sew them together to make a nine-patch block..that got me hooked. Another class I took was a stack-n-whack..oh my, all those blocks from the same material and each so different.
I could tell many stories of very good and exciting classes. I did have an expirience when a teacher expected us to know all the termenlogy (quilt talk) and I felt ignorant. Over all I like classes.