Make Glass Beads–Intro to Lampworking–only 2 seats left!
$120.00Date and Time: 04/05/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting glass rods to create various shapes. Safety and appropriate equipment handling are emphasized. Your beads will need to stay in a kiln overnight to be annealed.
NOTE: Participants must be at least 15 years old.
This class serves as a pre-requisite for Stripes & Dots on April 26.
New Class! Peek-a-Boo Cabochon Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 04/06/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Students will use small cabochons in a peek-a-boo pattern fastened with copper wire to make these earrings. This technique is great to add to wire woven jewelry or made with different gauges of wire as bracelets or necklaces!
New Class! Pine Needle Tray–only 2 seats left!
$156.00Date and Time: 04/11/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This tray begins with a center of Teneriffe embroidery in artificial sinew, the lacy embellishment used in pine needle basketry. Then using the swirling wheat, wheat, and fern stitches, attach pine needles and explore coiling and shaping. You will have a lovely little tray to use for a special ring or pair of earrings.
Friday Night Out: Gemstone Circle Earrings–only 1 seat left!
$68.00Date and Time: 04/11/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tubular Peyote skills. Call 319 338-1566 to schedule a private tutorial.
Use your peyote skills to a make a ring. Combine Toho round seed beads with small gemstone beads to add an extra dimension not frequently found in the bead world. Optional dutch treat snacks and drinks at a downtown venue of the group’s choice.
Zodiac Series: Taurus Braided Leather Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 04/12/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In the fifth of a yearlong series, make jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. Taurus is the sign for those with birthdays April 20 through May 20. In this class, you will design a braided leather bracelet. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
New Class! Spinner Ring
$88.00Date and Time: 04/13/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Use your soldering skills to make a ring band. Then make a smaller ring that will spin freely around the band. A fascinating piece of jewelry to help you through the stress of the day.
New Class! Beaded Bead on Beaded Chain
$78.00Date and Time: 04/19/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a beaded bead with SuperDuos and Toho round seed beads. Then create an interlocking chain that goes through the bead.
Fleur-de-lis Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 04/25/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using Crescent and Gem Duo two-holed Czech beads and Toho seed beads, create a fleur-de-lis component. Add an ear wire and you are ready to go! This component also makes a great bracelet!
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$30 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.
New Class! Stripes and Dots
$120.00Date and Time: 04/26/2025 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills. See the intro class on April 5.
This intermediate lampworking class incorporates many basic skills into one beautiful bead. Create a bicone, make stripes with stringers and add layers of dots. This bead has movement, layers of embellishment, and hones your glass skills.
New Class! Stained Glass Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 04/26/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use SuperDuos and a variety of sizes of Toho round seed beads to create a beaded bead that looks like a stained-glass window. Then add embellishment beads to a headpin and you have got yourself an unusual pair of earrings.
Solid Boro Pendant
$128.00Date and Time: 04/27/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: Any boro glass experience.
Using solid clear boro glass, add color to create a design for an implosion pendant. Then learn or practice making a bail for your pendant.
Peyote Bracelet in Color Gradient
$88.00Date and Time: 05/03/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use Delicas in flat peyote stitch to make this lovely bracelet. In this class you will learn how to do beaded color grading in a simple, yet efficient manner. Then you will learn to finish the edges of this bracelet with a picot technique. Finally, learn to add a clasp with a loop closure. That’s three skills in one project!!
French Leaves & Flowers
$72.00Date and Time: 05/04/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn the art of using wire and beads using a French technique to create a variety of flowers and leaves. Put them together for a small bouquet.
New Class! Wave Cuff Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 05/06/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Any wire working experience.
Learn to weave a pattern that leaves exposed base wires to create a wave pattern. Once the basic pattern is learned, a repeating pattern will be used to create a cuff post earring. There is plenty of repetition and direction changing to solidify these skills.
Picture coming soon!
Make 3 Pairs of Earrings: Intro to Wirework through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/09/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This is a great introduction to wirework. Two skills are learned and practiced—making a closed wrapped loop and making this loop into another closed loop. This set of skills allows you to make secure earrings, pendants, and chains. You will make earrings from Czech pressed glass, stone, fresh water pearls, and Swarovski crystals. No previous experience is necessary.
This class serves as the pre-requisite for many Beadology Iowa classes.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood and $35 materials fee at Beadology Iowa.
Friday Night Out: Octavia Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 05/09/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This 2-hole bead pattern by Trendsetter Ivona Šuchmannová makes a lovely pair of earrings. Beading goes quickly, so it is perfect for those new to beading and great fun for those with more experience.
Optional dutch treat snacks and drinks at a downtown venue of the group’s choice.
New Class! Zodiac Series: The Two Faces of Gemini Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 05/10/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Employ two-drop peyote stitch to create this pair of mirrored image earrings. This is the sixth of a yearlong series, making jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. Gemini is the sign for those with birthdays May 22 through June 21.
Picture coming soon!
On the Edge Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 05/17/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
This wide, yet supple cuff bracelet is made with CzechMates lentil beads, Czech fire polish beads, Toho demis, and Toho round seed beads. The pattern comes from Anna Elizabeth Draeger‘s book Jewelry Designs with Czechmates Beads and is taught with permission from the publisher.
Intro to Boro Hollow Glass
$128.00Date and Time: 05/18/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to manipulate borosilicate glass tubing. Participants will learn to stretch, blow, and embellish tube glass.
Must be at least 15 years old to participate.
Note: This class serves as a prerequisite for the Hollow Glass Implosion Pendant on June 22.
Swarovski Wrapped Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/20/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Take sterling wire, Swarovski crystals, and a hammered silver ring to make a pair of earrings. Learn wire wrapping techniques to create this contemporary style of earring. Fast and fun.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood & $35 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.
New Class! Branched Fringe Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 05/24/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create the top of the earring with brick stitch. Then learn tips and tricks for making frothy fringe that sits tight yet has a lot of movement. Embellish the earring with larger beads.
Picture coming soon!
New Class! Simple & Satisfying Macrame Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 05/24/2025 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use knotting cord and a few beads to make this straightforward, fast-moving, and adjustable bracelet. You’ll want to make them for all your friends and family.
Picture coming soon!
Soldering Sampler
$88.00Date and Time: 05/25/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
This workshop involves the fundamentals of soldering. Learn and hone a variety of soldering skills—connecting an open jump ring, adding a ring to another piece, and more. Practice both sweat and spot soldering. Leave with a variety of samples and a new set of skills.
This class serves as a pre-requisite for many metal working classes.
Kumihimo Bracelet with Pinch Beads
$72.00 – $92.00Date and Time: 05/31/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to create a classic round braid on a kumihimo foam disk (or bring your own marudai) using pinch beads. The result is beautiful. This bracelet ends bead caps and a lobster or spring ring.
Tools needed are a kumihimo disk and 8 weighted bobbins.
Class Cancellation Policy
Class fees are due at time of registration. Cancellations must be made at least 5 days in advance of class in order to receive store credit. There are no cash refunds for cancellations issued by the student.
If Beadology Iowa cancels a class, the student can choose to transfer registration to another class, receive store credit, or receive a refund.
Ball Chain & Leather Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 04/01/2025 from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use waxed linen to wrap ball chain around a piece of leather. It sounds so easy and looks so good. Add a button clasp on one end and a loop on the other, and you are ready, set, go! Vegan option available.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$30 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.