New Class! Watermelon Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 07/12/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills.
Use peyote stitch to create two sides of a watermelon slice—seeds and all. Then learn to create your own flat pad and post, including the security notch at the end. Sew your watermelon slices together around your flat pad and add an ear nut. Ready for a picnic!
Superduo Leaf Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 07/19/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Use a two-needle beading technique and 2-hole Super Duo beads to create a beaded leaf. Pull tight for more dimension to your leaf. Add an ear wire and you are ready to go. This is a challenging, yet delightful and very doable project. You will love the results.
Wire Wrapped Rings
$48.00Date and Time: 07/19/2025 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use wire to capture beads by wrapping them strategically. Learn to fit your ring to size. Participants will make up to 3 rings. Great for gifts!
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.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
Fundamentals of Metal Working
$128.00Date and Time: 07/20/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this full day metalworking class, learn the fundamentals of metalworking: sawing, filing, drilling, riveting, and stamping. Then design your pendant and put your newfound or refreshed skills to work.
This class serves as a prerequisite for many classes in our metalworking series. No soldering involved in this project.
Tubular Herringbone Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 07/24/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn or hone your tubular herringbone skills to create this slightly undulating bracelet. Varied sizes of Toho beads and colors will be stitched to accentuate the ins and outs of the pattern. Your beading will go faster than you think, as you will be stitching 2 beads at a time.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
www.kirkwood.edu and go to Continuing Education and then search for Beadology Iowa under the instructor search. On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee/$35 materials fee.
New Class! Lion’s Mane Collar
$78.00Date and Time: 07/26/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowhcuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use traditional and unique netting stitches along with bright Toho seed bead colors to create a collar reminiscent of a lion’s mane. Wear it with pride.
Marquis Drop Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 07/27/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Any wirework experience.
Learn to wrap wire into a classic marquis shape. Then fill the space with unique beads. This is a next steps class so be ready to take your wirework skills to the next level.
Embellished Crystal Beaded Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 08/02/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tubular peyote stitch.
Bezel a Swarovski Rivoli with Toho seed beads. Learn new and innovative embellishment techniques using Swarovski pearls. Even the back of these earrings looks great.
New Class! Textured Toggle Pendant with Stone
$98.00Date and Time: 08/03/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Use many metal working skills to make this highly functional and aesthetic pendant that doubles as a toggle clasp. Saw out a hole, create a rivet, texturize your metal, and create a bezel for your stone. This is a classy piece and you get to hone your skills in the making.
Winged Earrings through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 08/04/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use a combination of peyote stitch and herringbone with Delica 11/0 beads to create a small wing. Sew this wing together and embellish it with a larger focal bead. Add an ear wire and you are ready for the weekend.
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.
Masking in Glass–Next Steps in Lampworking
$120.00Date and Time: 08/09/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking or equivalent skills.
Learn to “mask” with glass. This is a process where you layer glass in a way to create more intricate design elements. A great intermediate soft glass class.
Dragonfly Pendant
$68.00Date and Time: 08/09/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Get creative with right angle weave (RAW) to make the upper body of a dragonfly using Swarovski crystals, Toho seed beads, and pressed glass. The upper body is a beaded bead. String this bead on a headpin with other beads to make the segmented lower body of the dragonfly.
Woven Cuff with Middle Stone
$78.00Date and Time: 08/10/2025 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Students will use two gauges of copper wire and flame stitch to create a beautiful woven cuff. Use a natural gemstone cabochon to set in the middle of your piece.
New Class! Herringbone Link Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 08/16/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a circle of herringbone and cinch it together with a ladder stitch band to form a figure 8 link. Add a special bead on the bottom and you have a lovely pair of beaded earrings. Interlock these links to make a beaded chain.
Picture coming soon!
New Class! Sculpting in Boro Glass
$128.00Date and Time: 08/17/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Details about this class will be announced soon with a photo.
Swarovski Wrapped Earrings through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 08/22/2025 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:
www.kirkwood.edu and go to Continuing Education and then search for Beadology Iowa under the instructor search. On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee/$35 materials fee
New Class! Kumihimo Loop Earrings
$72.00 – $92.00Date and Time: 08/23/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Braid a kumihimo rope and form it into loops that are inserted into a bead cap as the top of the earring. Making an 8-strand braid, called Kongo-Gumi, with varied colored cord really shows off your work. This is a great class for those wanting to learn kumihimo as well as for those who already know how to do this traditional Japanese braiding technique.
Tools needed are a kumihimo disk and 8 weighted bobbins.
Picture coming soon!
New Class! Morning Glory Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 08/30/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this blooming herringbone project, students will create a pair of beaded morning glory earrings to represent the late season emergence of the flowers in August, also connected to the zodiac sign of Virgo, the harvester.
Picture coming soon!
New Class! Prong Set Pendant
$72.00Date and Time: 08/31/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Introductory wire weaving (not wrapping) skills.
Take your wire weaving skills to the next step with this new class. Use square wire to capture a bead with prongs versus a bezel or wire wrapping. A simple bail will be constructed to create a smooth line when finishing this delicate pendant. This will increase your wire working skills and you will walk away with a lovely pendant. These skills can be used for smaller and larger objects.
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.
Friday Night Out: Make Glass Beads–Intro to Lampworking-one 1 seat left!
$120.00Date and Time: 07/11/2025 from 5:30 PM - 9:00 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 next steps lampworking classes.