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New Class! Key Chain–a family/couple friendly class.
$48.00Date and Time: 02/14/2026 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Charlie Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to make a Chinese slip knot with leather or stain cord onto a metal keychain. Add large hole beads to create fringe. Variations on the design will be offered. Each participant will make 2 keychains. A great quick class for family, friends, and couples.
New Class! Wire Wrapped Locket
$78.00Date and Time: 03/01/2026 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Any wire working experience.
Take your wire weaving to the next level by creating a keepsake locket to wear as a pendant or carry to hold special trinkets. Use heavy gauge copper wire to create the shape and attach the layers with a weaving wire in coiled and wheat patterns. Bring sufficient eyewear for detailed work. Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford.
New Class! Quilt Square Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 02/28/2026 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills. Call 319 338-1566 to schedule a private tutorial.
This project uses peyote and herringbone stitches to create square earring that look like a classic quilt square. Learn to follow a beading pattern. The earring are finished with a wire guard. You can invert the colors on the second square for a mismatched yet perfectly balanced look.
New Class! Raised Pagoda Bracelet
$88.00Date and Time: 02/21/2026 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills. Call 319 338-1566 to schedule a private tutorial.
Use a combination of peyote and herringbone stitches to create a curvy sided square with Delica beads. Then develop a pattern using peyote stitch for the bracelet band. The pattern for the bracelet’s center will make great matching earrings.
New Class! Woven Bar Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 02/15/2026 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create twisted wire for your armature. Then take smaller gauge wire to wrap your armature to make these earrings with loads of texture.
GoldCap Education–Beadology Blooms! Kid’s Day Camp
Date and Time: 03/07/2025 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This collaborative workshop combines sustainability with artistry, guiding participants in transforming aluminum cans into stunning floral creations. Using paper punches, you’ll craft unique flower shapes, then stack, rivet, or connect them with brads to bring your designs to life. Celebrate upcycling! The adventure continues with GoldCap exploring the PedMall and local businesses with a scavenger hunt and other fun activities on the move (weather pending).
Registration is $85 for the full day through GoldCap Education.
Macrame & Beaded Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 03/01/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this repetitive project, you will use clove hitches, Toho seed beads, and Chinese knotting cord. Create a sliding closure using a series of square knots for an adjustable fit.
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.
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! 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.
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.
New Class! Kumihimo Loop Earrings
Price range: $72.00 through $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.
New Class! Pinwheel Bracelet & Earrings Set
$88.00Date and Time: 03/15/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to make a pinwheel component with 2-hole SuperDuos and Toho round seed beads. Link them together to form a bracelet. Add a bauble on the bottom of one to make an earring.
New Class! Scales of Justice Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 09/05/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Celebrate the Libra in all of us as you make a scale of justice pair of earrings. Using copper disks, learn to stamp, texturize, and dap them into cups. Use chain to hang balance the scales and you are ready to wear a unique pair of earrings.
Picture coming soon!
New Class! Textured Toggle Pendant with Stone–this class is full, please call to get on a waiting list.
Date 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.
To get on the waiting list, call 319 338-1566. When we have two people on the list, we will schedule another session.
Registration is $98 and includes all materials, instruction, and use of tools and supplies during class.
Gem Duo Cube Pendant
$78.00Date and Time: 02/07/2026 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Flat peyote stitch skills.
This project is made from a peyote-based component that incorporates GemDuo duets. The cube is made up of 6 components connected to each other. Add a bail to use this piece as a pendant. Make a second one for a pair of earrings!