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New Class! Capricorn Saturn Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 12/27/2024 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In the first of a yearlong series, make jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. December’s sign is Capricorn, which is ruled by the planet Saturn. Create a felted bead, then make Saturn’s ring and embellish everything for a one-of-a-kind Capricorn bead. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
New Class! Embellished Soldered Pendant–only 2 seats left!
$88.00Date and Time: 12/15/2024 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Use your spot and sweat soldering skills to make a metal pendant. Individual help with design and construction will be provided.
New Class! Filigrana Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 09/07/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Follow this pattern by Starman Trendsetter Melinda Barta to make a fun and easy bracelet. Weave together Czech fire polish beads with Toho Demi beads to create a flowing piece of beaded jewelry.
New Class! Flowering Cactus in Wire
$68.00Date and Time: 08/24/2024 from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
The cactus is shaped with a thicker wire Use your body and common household items to shape your cactus. Then embellish it with seed beads and smaller wire. Add a few flowers and you have your flowering cactus.
New Class! Folded Peyote Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 09/21/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills.
Use your peyote stitch in an unusual way. Create a two-color double sided diagonal peyote strip that changes directions. Then fold it on itself to reveal each color on each side. Then zip it together. A great “next steps” peyote class.
New Class! Granada Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 06/22/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
In this 2-hole bead design by Deborah Hodoyer, create square components out of GemDuos, Toho round seed beads, and fire polish beads. Bead them together to make a bracelet. This component makes great earrings, too!
Netted Flower Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 01/27/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use a traditional netting stitch and an ombre cast of colors to make these flower earrings. Once you learn the basic pattern, experiment with endless variations for this project including adding fringe or a larger bead in the center.
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.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$35 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.
Netted Flower Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 02/20/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use a traditional netting stitch and an ombre cast of colors to make these flower earrings. Once you learn the basic pattern, experiment with endless variations for this project including adding fringe or a larger bead in the center.
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.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$35 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.
New Class! Plumes in Glass–only one seat left!
$120.00Date and Time: 07/27/2024 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
This is an intermediate lampworking class. Participants will be encasing with clear, creating a pattern with layers of dots, and raking this pattern into a plume. Varied shapes of beads will be explored using this same pattern.
New Class! Scrap Glass Pendants
$120.00Date and Time: 12/21/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
Don’t throw your glass scraps or end of rods/stringers away! Use them on top of clear glass to create a variety of pendant styles. Bring your own clean scraps (white vinegar rinse) and many will be provided. Practice bail making, too. This is a fun intermediate lampworking class.
New Class! Top Cluster Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 07/13/2024 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Call 319 338-1566 for a private tutorial.
Use and hone your wrapped loop and bail making skills in this project. Materials include a jade top drilled stone, fresh water pearls, Swarovski crystals and precious metals.
New Class! Wire Wrapped Earring with Dangles
$72.00Date and Time: 07/07/2024 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Call 319 338-1566 for a private tutorial.
Learn to wrap and secure a focal bead to create the body of an earring. Create loops for smaller dangles to hand from the bottom. This technique can be made smaller for a smaller set of earrings, or larger and/or longer for a dramatic pair.
SuperDuo Spiral Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 10/05/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Use SuperDuos, round Toho seed beads, and Swarovski pearl beads to stitch a classic daisy chain bracelet. This bracelet looks more complicated than it is, as you alternate the colors to make it look like it has a lot of movement.
Branched Fringe Earrings: Intro to Peyote Stitch–only two seats left!
$68.00Date and Time: 01/13/2024 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This project teaches you flat peyote stitch that you “zip” up to form a tube. Add branched fringe that is fun to make and even more fun to wear. This class serves as a prerequisite for many Beadology Iowa classes.
Dragonfly Pendant
$68.00Date and Time: 04/12/2024 from 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Get creative with right angle weave (RAW) to make the upper body of a dragonfly using Swarovski crystals, Toho seed beads, and pressed glass. The upper body is a beaded bead. String this bead on a headpin with other beads to make the segmented lower body of the dragonfly.
2-Lane Kumihimo Bracelet
$72.00 – $92.00Date and Time: 01/11/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to create a two-lane braid with beads on the side and cord in the middle on a kumihimo foam disk (or bring your own marudai). The result is beautiful. This bracelet ends with a button closure.
Tools needed are a kumihimo disk and 8 weighted bobbins.