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New Class! 2-hole Bead Oval Component Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 04/20/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using 2-hole cabochon beads and SuperDuos, learn to create an oval component. The components include Toho round seed beads and Czech fire polish beads. Sew components together to form a beautiful bracelet.
Arrow Plait Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 10/13/2024 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using weaving techniques typically used on wheat, plait copper wire and shape it into a bracelet. The weave is different on two sides, so you can decide which pattern you want to show on top. Create a matching hook clasp.
New Class! Etched Charm Bracelet
$98.00Date and Time: 11/19/2023 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic Soldering Skills--see Simple Soldering on Oct. 22
Learn the process of acid etching metal. Each participant will make a set of charms and create a chain with rings from which to hang your charms. This project will hone your spot soldering skills.
New Class! Friday Night Out: Pipe Cleaner Kumihimo Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 10/27/2023 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Victor Schmidt
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Turn traditional kumihimo braiding on its head. Using pipe cleaners, make a pair of hoop earrings. This fun spin on a technique will be fast and fun.
SuperDuo Ombre Rope Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 07/29/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Allow Beadology Iowa staff to guide you through this pattern by Susan Sassoon to make a flowing rope bracelet. Use 3 colors of SuperDuos, Toho round seed beads, and a magnetic clasp to create this bracelet.
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/$35 materials fee
New Class! Hidden Gem Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 05/11/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Use Toho seed beads, GemDuos, and SuperDuo to create a beaded bezel around a Swarovski crystal rivoli. This pattern by Barbara Lepak is sure to broaden your seed bead weaving skills.
New Class! Mini Beaded Ornament–this class is full, call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 10/28/2023 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 4
Instructor: Jim Emigh
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use netting stitch to create a beaded cover for mini glass holiday ornaments. These are so cute and small enough to wear as large earrings!
This class is full. 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 $78 and includes all materials and instructionl.
New Class! Peyote Cube Pendant
$74.00Date and Time: 03/16/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills.
Create peyote stitch components that are stitched together to make a stiff and airy beaded cube. Based on a pattern by Judy Walker. This project is a pendant yet is a great size if you can wear slightly larger earrings.
New Class! Primavera Rivoli Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 12/02/2023 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tubular peyote stitch skills.
Using a pattern by Barbara Lepak, bead bezel a Swarovski Rivoli. Embellish your piece with an unusual technique to tighten things up. Add an ear wire and you are ready to go.
Resin Pendant/Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 12/12/2024 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Design a pendant with something you bring from home—a photograph, image, small item—which you imbed in resin to make a pendant. This item might be a dried flower, a wing, a seed, a charm–it could be anything not more than 1/4″ deep. Some materials will be provided. Learn to mix resin and pour it into a pendant mold. The resin will have to be cured overnight, so participants will have to come back the next day or after to finish their project.
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/$35 materials fee.
New Class! Swallow Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 04/27/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic brick stitch skills. Call for a tutorial.
Use and expand your brick stitch skills to make a pictorial swallow. Learn to increase and decrease at the beginning and end of a row. This will step up your brick stitch game. A lovely pair of earrings will be the result.
New Class! Chevron Drop Earring
$72.00Date and Time: 10/15/2023 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Any wire working experience.
Learn to wrap thin round wire around square wire to create an armature. Shape your piece. Add a lovely bead at the bottom and create a loop at the top. Connect an ear wire and you have a lovely pair of earrings.
New Class! Embellished CRAW Asymmetrical Earrings
$88.00Date and Time: 05/25/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic cubed right angle weave skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Using stone beads, create CRAW squares and tubes. Embellish your work with Swarovski crystals. Stack these components on a headpin in opposite ways to create earrings that are asymmetrical and perfectly balanced.
New Class! Faux Implosion Beads–This class is full. Please call to get on the waitlist.
Date and Time: 03/15/2024 from 4:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
Using tons of clear glass and colorful dots, create a bead that mimics an implosion bead without the implosion. This class will test and hone your encasing and dot skills.
This class is full. Please call 319-338-1566 to get on the waitlist. If two people are on the list, we will schedule another session.
New Class! Felting with Victor: Mermaid Tail
$68.00Date and Time: 04/13/2024 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Victor Schmidt
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Make a whimsical needle felted mermaid tail from a variety of colorful wool choices. Needle felting is a process of using barbed needles to turn wool fibers into a more concentrated material. Decorate your pendant and make a bail.
Morse Code Wrap Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 11/08/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Design a message with Morse Code and incorporate it into a wrap bracelet. Send a note to someone or to the world with this fashion piece. Participants will pick from the materials provided.
The message in the bracelet shown is “I love you Beadology Iowa Bead Squad”.
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/$38 materials fee.