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Alternating Crystal Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 06/29/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Using Toho seed beads, make a ladder stitch base. Add Czech crystals in an alternating pattern to make a bracelet that is full of sparkle and elegance.
Beaded Holiday Ornament
$72.00Date and Time: 10/05/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Jim Emigh
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Get a jump on the winter holiday season and learn how to bead an ornament cover with two-hole SuperDuo and Toho seed beads. Your beading will cover a clear glass ornament. If you can thread a needle you will be able to complete this ornament.
Beads & Brews at the Vue Rooftop
Date and Time: 04/14/2020 from -
Capacity: 20
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
You’ll receive a bracelet making kit, provided by Beadology Iowa, containing Czech pressed glass beads and a sterling silver clasp. You’ll learn a few beading techniques and then be free to get creative with your beading! While you bead enjoy beers on tap and socializing with your girls.
Registration is $40 and includes beading class, Czech glass bead and sterling silver clasp kit, beer flight, and snacks. Tickets available at: www.vuerooftop-ic.com/ladiesnight
Byzantine Dangle Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 06/25/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using silver colorful aluminum open jump rings, learn byzantine—a fundamental chain maille weave. Make a short length of byzantine, add a charm and an ear wire, and voila, a lovely dangle earring. No experience needed.
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.
Byzantine Dangle Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/19/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using silver colorful aluminum open jump rings, learn byzantine—a fundamental chain maille weave. Make a short length of byzantine, add a charm and an ear wire, and voila, a lovely dangle earring. No experience needed.
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.
Chenille Stitch Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/15/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience is necessary.
Learn one of the newest stitches to hit the bead world. Developed by a French designer, this stitch is reminiscent of herringbone and netting, yet has a flavor all its own. No previous experience is 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.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
CRAW Starburst Pendant
$72.00Date and Time: 08/24/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right-Angle Weave.
Use Cubed Right Angle Weave (CRAW) and Toho seed beads to create a curved armature as the base of the pendant. Then embellish with layers of Swarovski crystals. This project can easily be made bigger for a larger pendant and done twice to create a pair of earrings.
Cubed Right Angle Weave Pendant: Intro to CRAW
$60.00Date and Time: 02/01/2020 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 with larger beads to create a pendant. Move on to embellishing the piece by “stitchin’ in the ditch”.
Note: This class serves as the prerequisite for the CRAW Circle Earrings on Feb. 13 & the Designing a Necklace with a CRAW Chain on Feb. 14.
Double Braided Copper Wire Bracelet
$60.00Date and Time: 10/26/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Take yards of copper wire and learn a fast and fun braiding technique. Make two braids and insert them into cones and add a clasp. A fast and furious class.
Double St. Petersburg Chain Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 10/29/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
–$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
This stitch originated in Russia. This class will get you familiar with the double version of this stitch with lots of repetition to create a bracelet. This stitch is great for making leaf motifs, too. You will use Toho seed beads and pressed glass from the Czech Republic.
Instructor: Karen Kubby
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.
Dragonfly Pendant
$48.00Date and Time: 07/13/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop.
Use wire, Czech feather beads, and Swarovski crystals to create your own dragonfly. Use it as a pendant, make another for earrings, or hang it in a sunny window.
End of Day Lampwork Headpins
$0.00Date and Time: 04/18/2020 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any lampworking or scientific glass blowing experience.
Take glass scraps from your lampworking session and turn them into a glass headpin. Techniques for adding glass, ensuring the top of the headpin is well rounded, and pulling the glass will be emphasized.
Registration is $105 and includes all materials, use of studio, and instruction.
Due to the Governor’s order closing all non-essential businesses, we do not know when we will re-open for classes. You can register via phone at 319 338-1566 without payment and we will be in touch.
Flame II: Next Steps in Making Glass Beads
$105.00Date and Time: 11/23/2019 from -
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent.
Continue to explore the art of lampworking with a torch and glass rods. In this class, you will learn more techniques for manipulating color, making the perfect dot, and shaping with a goal of making a variety of more complicated shapes, including a hollow bead–see the great fish beads in the photo to the left. Your beads will be annealed overnight at the store.
You must be at least 15 years old to register for this class.
Flower Power: Glass Flower Disks
$105.00Date and Time: 08/10/2019 from -
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking or equivalent skills.
Learn to make a disk with layers of colors. Spot heating will allow you to use tools to manipulate the glass into a flower. These beads are great for making pendants, earrings, and can be used as a clasp.
Fundamentals of Hollow Glass
$105.00Date and Time: 09/15/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI’s Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to manipulate borosilicate glass tubing. Participants will learn to stretch, blow, and embellish tube glass.
Take Flight Bracelet Kit
$58.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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This bracelet by Starman’s Trendsetter Olga Haserodt is built by making 2 sections of beading in mirror images using GemDuos and Toho round beads. Then sew them together with 2-hole cabochons and Toho Demis. The kit comes with a base metal swivel lobster clasp. The kit includes all the materials needed to complete this project and a supplemental tips & tricks sheet for success using the free pattern.