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Wire Herringbone with Stone
$68.00Date and Time: 05/08/2023 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to wrap around a center bead using a herringbone technique. Wrap both side of the stone to make a fast and lovely pair of earrings.
Wrapped Charm Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 08/29/2023 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Designed and taught by Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed
Wrap thinner wire around thicker pieces to make a lovely bracelet pattern. Create secure loops as you go to later add charms of your choice to this bracelet. No experience needed. Designed and taught by Zanetta Hoehle.
Gyrls Night Out: S Curve Beaded Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 04/16/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Whip stitch beads around an armature. Add a few brick stitch rows. Secure a dangle. Attach an ear wire. Viola! You have a unique pair of earrings.
Picture coming soon!
CRAW Earrings with Lampwork
$58.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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Little cubed right angle weave beads are accentuated by contrasting thread color. They sit upon a handmade lampwork beads. Made by Karen Kubby. See the matching necklace.
Russian Leaf Pendant
$60.00Date and Time: 05/28/2022 from 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Use your peyote skills to learn diagonal peyote with Delica seed beads. Embellish your leaf with Toho round seed beads. These leaves are wonderful as a pendant, earrings, or a branch full of them cascading down a lariat. Modifications to make them thinner, wider, and longer will be discussed.
Herringbone & Swarovski Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/10/2021 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a herringbone graduated tube using 3 sizes of Toho round seed beads. Add Swarovski crystals and the herringbone tube on a headpin and make a wrapped loop.
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.
Friday Night Out: Herringbone & Swarovski Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 03/14/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a herringbone graduated tube using 3 sizes of Toho round seed beads. Add Swarovski crystals and the herringbone tube on a headpin and make a wrapped loop. Optional dutch treat snacks and drinks at a downtown venue of the group’s choice.
Jazzy Linked Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 07/03/2021 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience is necessary.
What better way to celebrate Jazz Fest in downtown Iowa City! Learn to create consistent wrapped loops and link them to form your own beaded chain long enough to wear as a bracelet. This bracelet class will incorporate a variety of materials into each bracelet. Walk away with a jazzy new piece to add to your collection.
Crystal Cluster Earrings–only 2 seats left!
$88.00Date and Time: 01/22/2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. See Make 3 Pairs of Earrings on Jan. 15 or call for a private tutorial.
This class will perfect your wire wrapping skills. Make wrapped loops of Swarovski crystals, pearls, and precious metal beads. Then stack them to make a wild and sparkly cluster. A long ear wire will show off your work.
Tassel Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 02/19/2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use or get herringbone stitch skills to make a lovely pair of tassel earring. You’ll stitch a beaded bead and stack large beads to stabilize your beaded bead on a headpin. Make a wrapped loop and add an ear wire and you are ready to wear!
Facebook Live Tutorial: Tips & Tricks for Making Beaded Fringe
$0.00Date and Time: 05/13/2020 from -
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Instructor: Karen Kubby
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Join Karen in the Bead Lab on Facebook Live for a tutorial on making beaded fringe. Fringe needs a sweet spot with tension—too tight and your fringe doesn’t hang well; too loose and you have thread showing. Learn to make fringe just right in this Beadology Iowa tutorial.
Facebook Live: Lampworking Demonstration/Tutorial
$0.00Date and Time: 05/20/2020 from -
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Instructor: Karen Kubby
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Join Karen on Facebook Live in the lampworking studio in Beadology Iowa’s Bead Lab. She will be demonstrating some beginning and intermediate lampworking techniques.
Caribbean Dream Bracelet Kit
$62.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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This new pattern by Edgar Lopez is featured on page 22 of the June/July 2020 Beadwork magazine. The kit includes the magazine and all beads and supplies to make this bracelet. The color way is iris green, golds, and purples. It is a pattern with a lot of repetition, so you will really understand the thread path by the time you are done.
12-strand Ridge Spiral Bracelet: third workshop of Kumihimo Weekend Retreat
$168.00Date and Time: 04/28/2019 from -
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Laurel Kubby
Prerequisites: Any kumihimo experience.
Join Master Beader and Beadology Iowa co-owner Laurel Kubby for 3 days of intensive and fun kumihimo braiding. Take one class or all three. Seating is limited to 12 people per class.
Are you ready to push yourself to the next level? This will be our first class using 12 cords to braid. If you are comfortable with kongo-gumi, you will be surprised at how easily you can make this braid. Again, we will use satin cord for ease of learning a new braiding skill.
This class is appropriate for advanced beginners using either the marudai or the disc.
Take one class for the price listed.
Take two classes for 10% off.
Take all three classes for $380—that’s 20% off.
To get these discounts, you will need to call the store at 319 338-1566 to register over the phone with a credit card or come for a visit.
2-Hole Bead Components through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/17/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a “sun” and a “gear” that can be used for earrings or a necklace slide using two types of 2-hole, 2mm fire polish pressed glass, and Toho seed beads. Discuss ways to use these two components, embellish them further and how to connect them to create finished jewelry pieces.
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.
$30 instructor fee/$28 materials fee.
Upcycle Recycled Blooms
$60.00Date and Time: 08/13/2022 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Have you ever dreamed of taking old objects that would normally be thrown in the trash and making them beautiful and functional? In this workshop, we’ll be making bouquets of flowers out of aluminum cans. Learn aluminum cutting techniques and how to layer and bind them to create dazzling bangles for pendants, earrings, bags or headbands! Turn your creations into a piece of jewelry during class.