Stained Glass Earrings through Kirkwood (Copy)
Date and Time: 11/13/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 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.
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.
Raised Triangle Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 11/15/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Peyote Stitch Basics. Call for a private tutorial.
This is a first step to learn how to make geometric dimensional beadwork using peyote stitch. These lovely, raised triangle earrings use peyote and a bit of herringbone to make points and turn corners. Make your hanging loop on the point or in the middle of a straightaway–students’ choice.
Embellished Soldered Pendant
$88.00Date and Time: 11/16/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Use your spot and sweat soldering skills to make a metal pendant. Individual help with design and construction will be provided.
Friday Night Out: Papillion Beaded Beads
$68.00Date and Time: 11/21/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use SuperDuo and Toho round beads to create a beaded bead. The beading is done around a wooden bead to create a firm structure. Make multiple beads.
Participants can choose to go out for a dutch treat drink/snack after class.
Pop-up Card with a Twist
$68.00Date and Time: 11/22/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Charlie Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn the art of folding paper to create an unusual pop-up card that twists upon opening. Choose from lovely and fun paper. Create a matching envelope. Get ready for holiday season.
Click on the video below and watch it in fullscreen to see how cool the card is when it moves.
Intro to Boro Hollow Glass–only 1 seat left!
$128.00Date and Time: 11/22/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 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 other boro hollow glass classes, including the blown ornament class on Sunday, Dec. 14 (not yet available on our website).
Wire Wrapping Stones–only 2 seats left!
$72.00Date and Time: 11/23/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use wire to capture a stone using different shapes of wire. Participants will learn to coil and weave wires together for layers of embellishment.
New Class!! Diamond Fringe Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 11/29/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use whip stitch and brick stitch to hang fringe from a diamond shaped armature. Learn tips and tricks for fringe that hangs just right. Add a few dangles in the middle of the diamond and you have a classic yet contemporary pair of earrings.
New Class! Pine Needle Ornament
$156.00Date and Time: 11/30/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using Teneriffe Embroidery, the lacy embellishment used in pine needle basketry,
students learn to make either a Tree or Angel as the center for this 3” ornament. Once this is completed students will attach pine needles and learn basic pine needle coiling, including wheat and fern stitches.
Kumihimo Bracelet with Pinch Beads through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 12/01/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to create a classic round braid on a kumihimo foam disk using pinch beads. The result is beautiful. This bracelet ends with bead caps and a lobster or spring ring. No experience needed.
$35 to Kirkwood for instructor fee/$35 materials fee if you bring your own tools/$55 if you need tools supplied.
Tools needed are a kumihimo disk and 8 weighted bobbins.
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. Instructor: Emma Folsom.
2-Lane Kumihimo Bracelet
Price range: $72.00 through $92.00Date and Time: 12/06/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to create a two-lane braid with beads on the side and cord in the middle on a kumihimo foam disk. The result is beautiful. This bracelet ends with a button closure.
Tools needed are a kumihimo disk and 6 weighted bobbins.
New Class! Friday Night Out: Round Link Drop Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 12/12/2025 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using square wire, create a link. Then use round wire to make a hinge. Add a drop and you have an earring with an abundance of movement that is great to look at and fun to wear. This looks way more complicated to construct than it is.
New Class! Framed Jewels Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 12/13/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using a pattern by Leslie A. Pope, use 2-hole cabs, GemDuos, and Toho round seed beads to make a wide beaded bracelet with loads of personality. High contrasting colors really show off the pattern.
Blown Boro Ornaments
$128.00Date and Time: 12/14/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: Intro to Borrow Hollow Glass on Nov. 22 or equivalent skills.
For those with basic hollow glass skills, this class hones your skills with blowing boro hollow tube glass with decorative elements. The result is a blown glass sphere with a bail for hanging. Get ready to go into the studio to make friends and family holiday ornaments, yard art, or very large earrings!
Must be at least 15 years old to participate.
Baroque Cabochon Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 12/18/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using 2-hole cabochon beads and SuperDuos, learn to create an oval component. The components include Toho round seed beads and Czech fire polish beads. Create the next component off of the previous one to get to your desired length for this beautiful, beaded 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/$38 materials fee to Beadology Iowa
New Class! Kashmir Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 12/20/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Bezel a round Czech glass bead with Toho seed beads for the center of this fast-moving earring. Then create picots, stitch in Superdous and fire polish beads to make this lovely pair of beaded earrings. Pattern design by Nela Kábelová.
Felting with Charlie: Bead Making
$68.00Date and Time: 12/20/2025 from 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Charlie Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This is a great introduction to needle felting. Take wool, a needle, and a bit of sweat equity and make a felted bead. Learn how to make a hole in your felted wool, how to add color, and how to increase the density of your bead.
Spinner Ring
$88.00Date and Time: 12/21/2025 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. Click for more information and a video!
Customer Choice
Date and Time: 12/27/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity:
Instructor: Karen Kubby, Charlie Jakowchuk, and Emma Folsom
Prerequisites:
Pick your staff person, pick your time, and pick the skill you want to learn or refresh. Brainstorm with our expert staff on how to begin or finish a project. Get some one-on-one time for anything we know how to do. Sessions are $35 per person, are 45 minutes long, and begin on the hour. Materials are extra or bring your own.
You’ll need to call 319 338-1566 or come in to register for a time slot or slots.
New Class!! Crown Bail Pendant
$78.00Date and Time: 11/09/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Wire weaving (not just wrapping) experience. Call for a private tutorial.
Make a wire woven bail around a rectangle piece of mixed goldstone using a combination of square and half round wire. Secure it in place with horizontal wires. Then make a fancy “crown” bail so you can hang this wire woven pendant from a chain or cord.