littlehud

I have never taken one. It would have been helpful when I started though.

tjradj

Mom taught me to sew on her old black Singer when I was eight.
Home Ec classes in Grade 7 and 8 nearly killed my love for sewing.
The rest, I've taught myself from books, and more recently , online tutorials.

gollytwo

Have taken tons of classes, mostly by going to Quilting by the Lake in Upstate New York for many years starting in the mid 80s. It's gotten very expensive, but if you can afford it - an experience worth having.

Also, at my LQS and when one of my Guilds brings in a top teacher. My first class was with Karen Berkenfeld at FIT in NYC in the 70s; still use the scissors she gave everyone.

The best classes have been with: Nancy Crow - fabulous, really stretches you; Maurine Noble from whom I learned machine quilting and thread uses; Jean Biddick - the best piecer I've seen and from whom I learned about IBC silk super-fine pins that sew over easily w/no damage to the needle; Margaret Miller just cause I love her.

Those would be my top 4. There were many more from whom I learned alot, made some friends from around the world, and had a good time.

ginnie6

online at QuiltU. This was after I had already made 3 Sunbonnet Sue lapquilts though. I wanted to learn the ins and outs of everything. I'm looking at their spring lineup and see several classes I want to take. I like online cause I can do it on my time. If I want to work on it in the middle of the day or the middle of the night its ok.

dgmoby

I have never taken a piecing class, but have taken some longarming classes.

The piecing I learned by trial and error, and Grandma and books :)

The longarming, advanced, I learned in classes, but the beginnings I learned by myself, books and DVD's (some of which are totally awesome and better than a class!).

Debbie in Austin

laurac

LQS quilters corner in midwest city oklahoma. i took a fundamentals class(after making and hand quiliting 3 baby quilts and two king sized quilts without any instructions)
i did learn some short cuts and will take a techniques class and probably both a hand quilting and a machine quilting class.

nativetexan

I just took a free motion qlting class at a sewing machine/vacuum shop. and took one yrs ago at a local qlt shop(since closed). never took any other classes.

MadQuilter

I am in week 6 of an 8-week series of quilting classes at the local dealer. Last month, I took a hand-quilting class at an LQQS close to work with Jean Brown (of Aunt Becky fame).

Today I just had a Hawaiian Applique class with Jean Brown. I like to mix it up.

bigsister63

I have taken several classes at my LQS call " A peice in time" in Akron, ohio. I took beginning quilting in which we made a 9 block sampler. Now I am taking a machine quilting class. I have really learned so much for all classes. I am one who likes to learn from other mistakes and knowledge. Plus I find it easier to be shown then to read from books. I have been a "sewer " for many years but that was not the same as quilting. These classes have really taught me to SLOW DOWN with my sewing. Also I am shewing my DSIL many things and she has been quilting for 15 years.

gollytwo

I used to lead management workshops
Have forgotten most of what I once knew
One thing I do remember is there are 4 learning styles. Some learn from a book ( not you, nor I), some from observation, some from doing with a live instructor (you and I).
I don't remember the 4th style.