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Kirkwood PrimeTime: Mug Rugs
Date and Time: 05/07/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn or use your peyote stitch skills and size 6/0 Toho rounds to make a beaded coaster. Embellish the edges with feather beads that look like fringe to make your mug rug. No experience necessary.
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.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
Butterfly Dangle Earring through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/13/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Take a laser cut metal pendant with an etched butterfly wing, and add a Swarovski butterfly bead on top. This is a quick project that gets you some wirework practice—a bail and 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.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
Reversible Beaded Bead
$60.00Date and Time: 10/19/2021 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to use a CzechMates 2-hole bead shape, the crescent. Weave Czech pressed glass and Toho 11/0 seed beads to create a two-sided domed beaded bead. You will make two separate pieces and then sew them together. Each side can be a different color, making your bead reversible. No experience needed.
Make 2 Bracelets: Intro to Stringing–only 1 seat left!
$60.00Date and Time: 07/01/2023 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Stringing beads is a fundamental jewelry making skill. This class places a focus on aesthetics, functionality, and security. You will make two bracelets using Czech Republic pressed glass beads and sterling silver spacers. One bracelet will be made strung on nylon and the second on flexible wire. Both bracelets will be beautiful and secure.
Make 3 Pairs of Earrings: Intro to Wirework
$60.00Date and Time: 07/01/2023 from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This is a great introduction to wirework. Two skills are learned and practiced—making a closed wrapped loop and making this loop into another closed loop. This set of skills allows you go make secure earrings, pendants, and chains. You will make earrings from Czech pressed glass, stone, fresh water pearls, and Swarovski crystals.
Note: This class serves as a pre-requisite for many Beadology Iowa classes, including Pearl Dangle Earrings on July 7 & Cascade Earrings on July 22.
New Class!! Brick Stitch Diamond Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 05/22/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic brick stitch skills. See Classic Fringe Earrings on May 22 or call to arrange a private class or tutorial.
Use your brick stitch skills to make a varied diamond shape. Learn to read a pattern and increase and decrease in brick stitch. Stitch in a soldered ring and make a dangle at the bottom. A fun project that results in either a symmetrical or asymmetrical pair of earrings.
Wave Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 02/18/2024 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Any wire working experience.
Learn to weave a pattern that leaves exposed base wires to create a wave pattern. Once the basic pattern is learned, a repeating pattern will be used to create a bracelet. Techniques to finish the ends and create a hook closure will also be taught. There is plenty of repetition and direction changing to solidify these skills.
Peyote Bracelet in Color Gradient
$88.00Date and Time: 02/11/2023 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills. Call for a private class or tutorial.
Use Delicas in flat peyote stitch to make this lovely bracelet. In this class you will learn how to do beaded color grading in a simple, yet efficient manner. Then you will learn to finish the edges of this bracelet with a picot technique. Finally, learn to add a clasp with a loop closure. That’s three skills in one project!!
Trillium CRAW Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 12/08/2018 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: basic CRAW skills--see intro class on Nov. 10
Make these three-sided beaded earrings with Toho round beads using cubed right-angle weave. Get lots of practice changing direction and joining ends of CRAW together. Then embellish the outside edge for an extra degree of lovely.
Tulip Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 04/06/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This simple and lovely design from Isabella Lam’s book Beadwoven Glamour Crystal-Embellished Jewelry is a fast and fun project. The book outlines the project as a necklace—we have adapted it into a bracelet. Participants will use Gem Duos, Super Duos, Swarovski crystals, Czech fire polished beads and Toho seed beads.
Twined Chrysalis Pendant
$138.00Date and Time: 02/18/2018 from -
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using small gauge wire, make a miniature wire basket turned upside down. The piece becomes a very lovely pendant. Explore color blending and working on a small scale while twining with very fine wires. This graceful pendant is a piece of wearable art. No experience needed.
Twined Tree Ornament/Pendant
$138.00Date and Time: 11/16/2019 from -
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This tree motif is perfect as a winter holiday ornament or as a pendant. Explore wire twining with fine wire, blending color then embellishing to create lights on the tree.
Twisted Fringe Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 10/21/2023 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn the right touch to make your beaded fringe hang with just the right amount of dangle, yet have no thread showing. Then give it a little twist to give your fringe further dimension. You will use Toho seed beads and Swarovski crystals. This pair of earrings will focus on the fringe yet includes ladder stitch and wire work.
Twisted Sister Beaded Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 03/18/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience necessary.
Learn right angle weave to make this easy clasped bracelet. Then add a twist of embellishment and you have your finished look. Wear these alone or make a set and stack them. This technique is great to use as a lariat, too.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$30 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$35 materials fee to Beadology Iowa
Twisted Sister Beaded Bracelet–only 1 seat left!
$68.00Date and Time: 08/19/2023 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No previous experience necessary.
Learn right angle weave to make this easy clasped bracelet. Then add a twist of embellishment and you have your finished look. Wear these alone or make a set and stack them. This technique is great to use as a lariat, too.
Classic Fringe Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 09/01/2022 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
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. No experience necessary.
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.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.