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New Class! Pine Needle Tray–only 1 seat left!
$156.00Date and Time: 04/11/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This tray begins with a center of Teneriffe embroidery in artificial sinew, the lacy embellishment used in pine needle basketry. Then using the swirling wheat, wheat, and fern stitches, attach pine needles and explore coiling and shaping. You will have a lovely little tray to use for a special ring or pair of earrings.
New Class! Sculpting in Boro Glass–this class is full, please call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 08/17/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to control and manipulate solid boro glass. Make a variety of sculptural pieces-plants and animals. Have a lot of fun exploring and creating unique pieces using heat and gravity.
Please call 319 338-1566 to get on a waiting list. When we have two people on the list, we will schedule another session.
New Class! Simple & Satisfying Macrame Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 05/24/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use knotting cord and a few beads to make this straightforward, fast-moving, and adjustable bracelet. You’ll want to make them for all your friends and family.
New Class! Stripes and Dots
$120.00Date and Time: 04/26/2025 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills. See the intro class on April 5.
This intermediate lampworking class incorporates many basic skills into one beautiful bead. Create a bicone, make stripes with stringers and add layers of dots. This bead has movement, layers of embellishment, and hones your glass skills.
New Class! Whorled Wire Earrings–this class is full. Call 319-338-1566 to get on the waitlist
Date and Time: 06/01/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites:
Use varied sizes of wire, beads, and wire working tools, to create a fast and fun whorled, spiral pair of earrings. These look so much more complicated in wearing than they are in the making. No experience needed.
This class is full. Call 319-338-1566 to get on the waitlist. Once there are two names on the list, a new session can be scheduled.
New Class! Zodiac Series: Aries Horn Curl Bracelet
$60.00Date and Time: 03/22/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In the fourth of a yearlong series, make jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. March’s sign is Aries. In this class, you will design a multi-strand memory wire bracelet to symbolize the curling horn of a ram. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
New Class! Zodiac Series: CRAW Crab Pendant
$72.00Date and Time: 06/21/2025 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowhcuk
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW beading skills.
Make this 3-D crab pendant using cubed right angle weave (CRAW), brick stitch, and ladder stitch. This is the seventh of a yearlong series, making jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. Cancer is the sign for those with birthdays June 21 through July 22. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
New Class! Zodiac Series: The Two Faces of Gemini Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 05/10/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Employ two-drop peyote stitch to create this pair of mirrored image earrings. This is the sixth of a yearlong series, making jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. Gemini is the sign for those with birthdays May 22 through June 21.
Zodiac Series: Taurus Braided Leather Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 04/17/2025 from 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In the fifth of a yearlong series, make jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. Taurus is the sign for those with birthdays April 20 through May 20. In this class, you will design a braided leather bracelet. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
New Class! Celtic Knot Bracelet–this class is full, please call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 02/02/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using various thicknesses of wire, create a Celtic knot. This serves as the centerpiece of a wire woven bracelet. A great project to learn how to use jewelry making tools.
Please call 319 338-1566 to get on a waiting list. When we have two people on the list, we will schedule another session.
Registration is $72 and includes all materials and instruction.
New Class! Teardrop Ruffle Earrings – 2 seats left!
$78.00Date and Time: 02/15/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Basic brick stitch skills. Call for a private tutorial or see our Owl Bookmark or Swallow Earrings kits.
This project uses a whip stitch around a teardrop armature. You then switch to brick stitch and begin creating the base for your ruffles. Begin adding multiple stitches in each space of the previous row to create full ruffles on the bottom of your earring.
New Class! Zodiac Series: Pisces Pond Resin Pendant & Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 02/22/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowhcuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In the third of a yearlong series, make jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. February’s sign is Pisces. In this class, design fish and aquatic themes and encase them in resin to make a pair of earrings and a matching pendant. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
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.
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.
New Class! Zodiac Series: Vase of Aquarius
$72.00Date and Time: 01/25/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In the second of a yearlong series, make jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. January’s sign is Aquarius. Learn or hone your brick stitch skills. Follow a pattern to create a water vase. Get great tips and tricks to making flowing fringe that looks like water pouring from the vase. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
New Class! Peek-a-Boo Cabochon Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 04/06/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Students will use small cabochons in a peek-a-boo pattern fastened with copper wire to make these earrings. This technique is great to add to wire woven jewelry or made with different gauges of wire as bracelets or necklaces!