Online courses? any ideas?

I've taken a few Craftsy classes and found most of them to be very worthwhile. I've learned to knit lace (and love it!) and am also watching some machine quilting lessons that I'll apply at some point. Watch for sales; some of the classes go on sale fairly frequently. If you do happen to register for a class that just isn't what you wanted for some reason, the staff are very good about transferring you to another class of your choice or refunding your money; I've only done that once, but it was painless. :)

Oh I wish, but this is rural France and all I can find are dancing classes and they start at 6pm and DH isn't home until later. Also, I have 2 left feet ;)

Janner France

OK, I'll keep an eye out for sales and may try a couple of the free tutorials.

Thanks

Janner France

You said you are in a very rural area. Is there any place with a bulletin board -----post office, general store of any kind------where you could write up a notice offering to exchange sewing lessons or English lessons for learning another craft, or something else? You could meet at your house or at a local gathering place for the first couple of lessons so you could get to know each other. Even meeting in the local school parking lot might work! Barbara in central Florida

I've done several Craftsy classes and enjoyed them. They do offer free classes so why not try them out first and see if you like the format? There's a block of the month with Laura Nownes (awesome teacher, sweet lady and co-author of Quilts, Quilts, Quilts! book) a bag making class and a backing class.

For the rest of you wondering...

Scroll to the bottom of the page for the free listings.

I used to take classes from Quilt University also. I took some very good ones and some that were quite disappointing. Not different from the real world at all - sometimes you get a good teacher and other times...

Also the Missouri Star Quilt Company has lots and lots of quick video tutorials on-line. Some show hot to use a product and others are little projects.

marcella

OH, now you've given me something to think about.......

Janner France

Oh there are others, thanks

Janner France

What about investing in EQ7 and really learning to use it properly. I have a book on applique design and one on block design and one day I am going to sit down and really learn it properly. I have been saying that since I first got EQ! At the moment I just 'wing' it!!

There are various on-line courses for it too, some free.

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

The Craftsy courses are good, but of course, some instructors are better than others. There are a number of quilting classes. Carol Doak has just come out with a paper piecing class on Craftsy, and Leah Day has some great free-motion fillers in her classes. I'm anxious to try some knitting and crocheting classes. The good thing about these is that they are always available and you can look at them as often as you wish. The instructors answer questions that are left in the comments section.

Carole D

On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 05:49:06 -0500, Janner wrote (in article ):

I've taken classes before from Quilt University. I enjoyed them and did learn a lot.

Maureen