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Beaded Bead on Glass
$60.00Date and Time: 11/16/2018 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: basic peyote skills
Make a peyote strip, zip it together, and learn to make a rounded end. Then use this peyote bead and Swarvoski crystals to embellish a lampwork headpin to make a beautiful pair of earrings.
Beaded Fan Pendant
$78.00Date and Time: 07/16/2016 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right Angle Weave--see CRAW pendant class on July 2, 2016
Use your cubed right angle weave skills to make a curved and embellished pendant. Make a match to use as earrings. This workshop uses three sizes of Toho seed beads and Fireline or Nymo.
Beaded Holiday Ornament
$72.00Date and Time: 10/05/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Jim Emigh
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Get a jump on the winter holiday season and learn how to bead an ornament cover with two-hole SuperDuo and Toho seed beads. Your beading will cover a clear glass ornament. If you can thread a needle you will be able to complete this ornament.
Beaded Holiday Ornament–this class is full–call to get on a waiting list
Date and Time: 12/02/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Jim Emigh
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Join new guest instructor Jim Emigh in making a 2-color holiday ornament. Use Toho seed beads in two colors using a netting stitch. Careful, you’ll want to make more of these. This is a lovely project that makes a great gift.
Registration is $60.
Since this class is full, please call to get on a waiting list.
Beaded Toggle
$68.00Date and Time: 02/09/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Flat or Tubular Peyote Stitch
Use peyote stitch in new and innovative ways to make a beaded toggle clasp. Participants will learn to make a round ring and matching bar using Toho round and Miyuki Delica cylinder seed beads.
Beads & Brews at the Vue Rooftop
Date and Time: 04/14/2020 from -
Capacity: 20
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
You’ll receive a bracelet making kit, provided by Beadology Iowa, containing Czech pressed glass beads and a sterling silver clasp. You’ll learn a few beading techniques and then be free to get creative with your beading! While you bead enjoy beers on tap and socializing with your girls.
Registration is $40 and includes beading class, Czech glass bead and sterling silver clasp kit, beer flight, and snacks. Tickets available at: www.vuerooftop-ic.com/ladiesnight
Beginning Metal Working: Copper Pendant
$128.00Date and Time: 03/25/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this full day metalworking class, learn the fundamentals of metalworking: cutting, sawing, filing, drilling and other manipulation. Then design your pendant and put your new found or refreshed skills to work. This class serves as a prerequisite for many classes in our metalworking series.
Metal Bezel Pendant
$88.00Date and Time: 03/16/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Hone your soldering skills by capturing and securing a stone cabochon with a metal bezel. Learn how to size your bezel, solder it into position, and make sure that cab stays in place! Clean everything up and complete your pendant.
Bird’s Nest Wire Pendant–great Mother’s Day Gift
$48.00Date and Time: 05/04/2024 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Hodges
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This kid friendly class is a great way to prepare gifts for Mother’s Day–use wire and pearls, stones, or crystal to create a quick and beautiful bird’s nest filled with “eggs”. Make a smaller version on your own for earrings. Use birth stone colors to represent children in a family as a precious gift.
Bojangles Bracelet
$88.00Date and Time: 04/03/2022 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop skill.
Make a wire bracelet using sterling and copper wire and a variety of beads, including Swarovski crystal, stone, and Czech pressed glass. This project is not for those who love perfect symmetry. The end product is asymmetrical, fun, and beautiful–and different, every time you make one!
Brick Stitch Corn Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 07/13/2024 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
You can make endless figurative beaded pieces with brick stitch. Learn tricks to be successful. Make a pair of flat, brick stitched earrings in the shape of corn—just right for sweet corn season.
Brick Stitch Earrings with Fringe
$58.00Date and Time: 02/03/2018 from -
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Brick stitch is a fun stitch for making shapes and patterns. Make a triangle, then learn tips and tricks for adding fringe that flows well, yet is not too loose.
Bronze Clay Beads
$98.00Date and Time: 10/22/2017 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to use bronze clay by creating a set of beads that can be used in jewelry making. Techniques will be emphasized. Discussion on how to finish metal clay pieces will be discussed. Students’ work will be fired and tumble polished. Work can be picked up the following week.
Byzantine Chain Maille Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 07/10/2023 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience necessary.
Learn the basics of byzantine chain maille to make a bracelet. Chain maille is a technique of taking individual open jump rings and putting them together to form a mesh or chain. Proper tool handling and opening and closing of rings will be emphasized.
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/$38 materials fee.
Friday Night Out: Byzantine Chain Maille Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 09/13/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn the basics of byzantine chain maille to make a bracelet. Chain maille is a technique of taking individual open jump rings and putting them together to form a mesh or chain. Proper tool handling and opening and closing of rings will be emphasized.
Bead Embroidery with a Cabochon
$78.00Date and Time: 04/20/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Participants will make a pendant using Toho seed beads, montee crystals, Ultrasuede, and a stone or glass cabochon. Bezeling the cabochon and how to do running stitch will be the core of this class. Your piece will be beautifully finished on the backside.