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New Class! Snake Weave Bracelet with Beads
$72.00Date and Time: 01/19/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn or hone your snake weave skills to make a lovely woven bracelet. Add stones as you weave. Create a clasp for a custom fit.
Friday Night Out: Ring Keeper
$74.00Date and Time: 06/21/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using copper wire and small spacer beads, create a “ring keeper.” This piece is a lovely piece of jewelry that doubles as a place to keep a ring safe from gardening, dish washing, or wrestling. It is a bit magical. It doubles as a place to put your eyeglasses. The kit comes with an 18” copper chain.
New Class! Beaded Turtle
$72.00Date and Time: 11/16/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Use peyote stitch, herringbone stitch, and other techniques to bezel a Swarovski rivoli and to create an amazing turtle. You will be using Superduos, round Toho beads, Miyuki Delicas, magatamas, and feather beads to stitch your turtle.
New Class! Channeled Stone Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 06/29/2024 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Call 319 338-1566 for a private tutorial.
Using wire and stone beads that have a channel carved on the perimeter, create fun and one-of-a-kind earrings. Design your dangles, maybe make each earring unique, and enjoy wearing these unusual stone earrings. This technique takes some hand strength, so be ready to work hard.
New Class! Forged Wire Fringe Earrings–only 2 seats left!
$88.00Date and Time: 07/28/2024 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Participants will embellish a copper blank by stamping or pounding it. Holes will be drilled at the bottom. Silver wire will be balled up with heat, beads added, and the bottom forged to capture the beads on the wire. No experience needed.
New Class! French Leaves & Flowers–this class is full. Please call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 08/04/2024 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.
This class is full. Please call 319 338-1566 to get on a waiting list. When we have 2 people on the list, we will schedule another session. Registration is $72 and includes all materials and instruction.
New Class! GemDuo of a Bracelet–this class is full, call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 11/23/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Have a lot of fun stitching GemDuos and SuperDuos to make squares beaded together to form a wonderful bracelet. It looks like a traditional quilt square. Use this pattern to make matching earrings.
This class is full. Please call to get on the waiting list. When we have two people on the list, we will schedule another session.
Registration is $78 and includes all materials and instruction.
New Class! Glass Bouquet
$120.00Date and Time: 11/09/2024 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any lampworking experience.
Use a variety of techniques to add glass to copper or kiln wire to create flowers. Techniques used include winding glass, dots, pulling, smashing, cutting, swiping, and more. This is a great intermediate lampworking class. Experimentation will be encouraged.
New Class! Madras Bracelet–This class is FULL–Call to get on waitlist
Date and Time: 08/03/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create your bracelet base with peyote stitch. Then embellish with GemDuos and round Toho seed beads. This lovely bracelet is a great beginner to intermediate project.
This class is full. Call 319-338-1566 to get on the waitlist. When two or more people sign up on the waitlist, we will schedule a new session.
New Class! Paper Snowflakes
$60.00Date and Time: 11/14/2024 from 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Sharpen your scissors and get ready for winter. Learn to fold paper and cut out designs to create one-of-a-kind snowflakes. Turn this skill into a new family tradition! If you have a favorite pair of paper scissors, bring them along.
New Class! Primrose Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 12/07/2024 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This is a fast and fun class beading in circles to create a pair of earrings that look much more complicated than they are. Use GemDuos, SuperDuos, and round Toho seed beads to make the base earring. Then bezel a cabochon on top for added design and dimension.
New Class! Star Ornament Part 2–only 1 seat left!
Date and Time: 11/03/2024 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Jim Emigh
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Part 1 of this class will focus on creating multiple components for this great holiday ornament. Participants will use Delica seed beads to create each component. Some components may need to be made in between Parts 1 & 2 of this class—yes, there is homework. Part 2 of this class held on Sunday, November 3 from 1-4pm, will place a focus on connecting components to create the star ornament.
New Class! Star Ornament Part I–only 1 seat left!
$88.00Date and Time: 10/27/2024 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Jim Emigh
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Part 1 of this class will focus on creating multiple components for this great holiday ornament. Participants will use Delica seed beads to create each component. Some components may need to be made in between Parts 1 & 2 of this class—yes, there is homework. Part 2 of this class held on Sunday, November 3 from 1-4pm, will place a focus on connecting components to create the star ornament.
New Class! Swarovski Galactic Crystal Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 11/02/2024 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Typically, a beaded bezel is done on a round stone. Learn this innovative technique to bezel around an asymmetrical Swarvoski galactic bead. Participants will use right angle weave and peyote stitch with Toho round seed beads, Delicas, and magatamas to capture these crystals.
New Class! Windmill Earrings
$128.00Date and Time: 11/10/2024 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Shape wire cloth and then embellish it to make these 3D earrings. Sew GemDuos, fire polish, and Delica seed beads onto your wire cloth. Cover the back for a finished look.
New Class! Cute Cog Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 01/18/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW skills—call to arrange a private tutorial or see our CRAW pendant kit.
Don’t be a cog, make a cog! Create a tight circle with cubed right angle weave, CRAW. Then use a new embellishment technique in the center. Stitch in the ditch around the edges. Build a structure from which to hold your ear wire on your new beaded earrings.