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.
Kumihimo Bracelet with Pinch Beads
$72.00 – $92.00Date and Time: 05/03/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 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.
French Flowers & Leaves
$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
$88.00Date 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.
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.
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.
New Class! Simple & Satisfying Macrame Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 05/24/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 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.
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.
Peyote Bracelet in Color Gradient
$88.00Date and Time: 05/31/2025 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!!
Netted Helix Necklace
$78.00Date and Time: 06/07/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Learn to use Toho seed beads and Toho bugle beads to make this elegant helix necklace. Based on knowledge of other beading stitches, participants will choose how to finish the necklace by stringing beads, using Ndebele (herringbone), or cubed right angle weave (CRAW).
Winged Earrings
Date and Time: 06/09/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 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.
Friday Night Out: Reversible Beaded Bead
$68.00Date and Time: 06/13/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to use a CzechMates 2-hole crescent bead. Weave Czech pressed glass and Toho 11/0 seed beads to create a two-sided domed beaded bead. You will make two separate pieces and then sew them together. Each side can be a different color, making your bead reversible. No experience needed.
New Class! CRAW Trillium Pendant
$78.00Date and Time: 06/14/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW beading skills.
Use your CRAW skills to create arches with 3 sizes of Toho seed beads. Learn an innovative skill of making the next arch off the previous one. Connect your three arches and bead a bail. This trillium makes a lovely pendant. They are lightweight enough to wear as earrings.
Tubular Herringbone Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 06/20/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 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. No experience needed.
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. Instructor: Karen Kubby.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$35 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.
New Class! Intermediate Lampworking Class
$120.00Date and Time: 06/21/2025 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
Details of this class TBA.
New Class! Zodiac Series: CRAW Crab Pendant
$72.00Date and Time: 06/21/2025 from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowhcuk
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW beading skills.
Make this 3-D crab pendant using cubed right angle weave (CRAW), brick stitch, and ladder stitch. This is the seventh of a yearlong series, making jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. Cancer is the sign for those with birthdays June 21 through July 22. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
Next Steps in Hollow Glass: Implosion Pendant
$128.00Date and Time: 06/22/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: Intro to Hollow Glass Work .
Learn to manipulate and embellish hollow boro glass to make a variety of implosion pendants.
Sawing & Soldering
$88.00Date and Time: 06/29/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic sweat soldering skills.
In this metal working class, learn some precision sawing techniques to create negative space. Take the shape just sawed out and solder it on the pendant to create texture. Your pendant will be one-of-a-kind. A great project for honing your sawing and soldering skills.
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.
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.