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Herringbone Beaded Collar
$88.00Date and Time: 11/18/2023 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using different sized beads, create a curved collar using herringbone, or Ndebele stitch. These collars can be fun and funky or quite elegant. Participants may opt to bring their own focal piece to add as a pendant to the collar.
Herringbone Cuff Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 05/11/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn herringbone, or Ndeble stitch, a fundamental stitch used in many contemporary bead books and magazine projects. Participants will use Toho seed beads and bugle beads to learn to increase to make their piece wider in the middle and how to decrease to bring the end of their cuff down to the original width near the clasp. The end result is a fun and fast beaded cuff bracelet.
Herringbone Stitch Techniques
$58.00Date and Time: 08/06/2016 from -
Capacity:
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: This class serves as a prerequisite for the Herringbone Flower Earrings that same afternoon.
Herringbone is a basic and versatile beading stitch that is utilized in many contemporary projects found in beading magazines.Learn flat and tubular herringbone and how to use more than one size bead within a project.
*Note:Take both Herringbone classes on August 6 for double rewards points.*
International Women’s Day Gyrls Night Out: Make Paper Beads
$48.00Date and Time: 03/08/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Desiree Dahl
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Celebrate International Women’s Day by taking images of strong women and feminist themes and making paper beads. Learn to roll paper to make a variety of different shapes of beads. Finish your beads with lacquer to make them sturdy and highly functional. Bring paper samples if you like: magazines, comic books, feminist poetry, old music sheets. Add some texture with thread. No one will believe these beads are paper.
Beads to the left are from a Wonder Women comic book, a picture of Michele Obama dancing, a drawing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a mural of a Chicana rally.
Intro to Solid Borosilicate Glass
$128.00Date and Time: 03/23/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to manipulate solid borosilicate glass. Participants will make a variety of shapes that create glass skills of pushing, pulling, adding color, and making a bail. Shapes worked on in class include a pawn, basic marble, icicle pendant, and a mushroom pendant.
This class serves as the prerequisite for other Boro classes.
Introduction to Cubed Right Angle Weave–CRAW–through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 09/14/2017 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Cubed Right Angle Weave (CRAW) is a fun and fascinating stitch. It is hard to learn from video or written instructions. In this class, you will learn CRAW techniques with Toho 8/0 beads. This is not a projects class. You will leave with a sample of CRAW. The picture is of a small pendant using CRAW.
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
Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center Member Class: Make a Bracelet
Date and Time: 05/09/2017 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Bracelets are big this season. Wearing multiple bracelets at once is even better. This class places
a focus on professional stringing techniques. You will make one bracelet using Czech Republic
pressed glass beads and sterling silver spacers and clasp. This piece will be strung on flexible
wire using crimp beads with instruction on the proper use of crimping pliers. Your piece will be
secure and beautiful. No previous experience is necessary. Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Registration is $28 and includes all materials and instruction. Register through the Center by calling 319 356-5220 to register. Payment is made on site at the time of class.
Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center Member class: Make a Bracelet: Intro to Stringing and Crimping
$28.00Date and Time: 06/07/2017 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Bracelets are big this season. Wearing multiple bracelets at once is even better. This class places
a focus on professional stringing techniques. You will make one bracelet using Czech Republic
pressed glass beads and sterling silver spacers and clasp. This piece will be strung on flexible
wire using crimp beads with instruction on the proper use of crimping pliers. Your piece will be
secure and beautiful.
Registration is through the Center. Call 319 356-5220 to register. Registration is $28 and includes all materials and instruction. Payment is made on site at the time of class.
It’s Alive! Two-Drop Peyote Bracelet
$88.00Date and Time: 10/14/2023 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Learn to use two-drop peyote to make this fun and colorful bracelet. Instead of embellishing after the bracelet is finished, embellish this piece as you bead with Czech pressed glass feather beads and Miyuki magatams (drop beads). This piece will spark conversations
Jazzy Linked Wire Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 11/08/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
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.
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/$35 materials fee.
Kara-Yatsu Flat Bracelet: first of three workshops in Kumihimo Weekend Retreat
$138.00Date and Time: 04/26/2019 from -
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Laurel Kukbby
Prerequisites: kumihimo experience optional
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.
This flat kumihimo braid is perfect for bracelets, chokers, and even dog collars. It is useful with fiber alone as well as fiber plus edge beads. You will use satin cord for enhanced learning. It is beautiful with other fibers as well. End your piece with a glue in magnetic clasp.
This class will introduce you to a new basic braid other than kongo-gumi (round braid). Learn techniques & tips to create a uniform, harmonious braid.
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.
Kasuri-Tsunagi Necklace: second workshop in Kumihimo Weekend Retreat
$168.00Date and Time: 04/27/2019 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.
This round braid has a huge advantage over kongo-gumi, the first braid that most people learn. It does not spiral. This allows you to have beads hang along one edge (or 2) without distortion. This is perfect for necklaces & bracelets. In this class, you will make a necklace with Swarovski pearls along one edge.
This technique is suitable for beginners (with some experience) on the marudai & adventuresome, experienced beginners on 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.
Gyrls Night Out: Make Paper Beads
$60.00Date and Time: 11/18/2022 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use magazines, wrapping paper, folding paper music sheets, and any other type of paper to make lovely paper beads. Learn how to make various shapes, add some structure, and how to dry them for later use. This is a kid friendly class and is really fun.
Kumihimo Adjustable Necklace with Tassels and Pendant
$138.00Date and Time: 10/07/2017 from -
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Laurel Kubby
Prerequisites: Kumihimo Basic Round Braid--see class on Friday, October 6.
Learn how counted bead stringing can add pop to your Kongoh Gumi (round braid) beaded braids. Include in this class will be tips on adding a pendant or large-holed bead during the braiding process as well as an adjustable sliding closure.
Note: Take all three Kumihimo Immersion classes Oct 6-8 for $300–save $54.
Wide and Textured 20’s Weave Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 09/12/2020 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
This project provides lots of practice with a netting stitch. The embellishment is an innovate modification that provides texture through connecting sections of the bracelet together, rather than adding additional elements.
During the COVID-19 recovery period, classes are limited to 6 people on a first come first served basis via paying the registration fee. Face coverings must be worn during class and participants will be spaced at least 6 feet from each other. Tools will not be shared and will be cleaned before and after use. Please call for more details about our safety protocols. Demos done through Zoom.
Herringbone Beaded Bead Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 02/09/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Herringbone stitch basics.
Use herringbone stitch using Miyuki Delica cylinder seed beads to make beaded beads. Use these beads along with Swarovski crystals to make a pair of earrings.