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Next Steps in Lampworking: Shaping Beads
$120.00Date and Time: 11/01/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
This workshop will focus on using tools and gravity to shape beads. Participants will focus on making a bicone and vase shape. Lots of practice will lead to consistent results.
Stained Glass Earrings through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 11/07/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 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.
New Class!! Curved CRAW Pendant
$78.00Date and Time: 11/08/2025 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW skills. See CRAW Pendant class on 11/1/2025
Create curved lines using 3 sizes of Toho round seed beads to form a beaded pendant. This class will really hone your cubed right angle weave skills. Note the extra-long class hours!
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.
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 2 seats 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
$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.
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 cash refund.
With a completed class, participants will receive a single-use card good for double rewards points on an entire purchase within 10 days of the class.
Cubed Right Angle Weave Pendant: Intro to CRAW
$68.00Date and Time: 11/01/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Cubed Right Angle Weave (CRAW) is a fun and fascinating stitch. It is hard to learn from video or written instructions. In this class you will learn CRAW with larger beads to create a pendant. Move on to embellishing the piece by “stitchin’ in the ditch”.
Note: This class serves as the prerequisite for many subsequent CRAW classes.
See Curved CRAW Pendant on November 8.