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DIY Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 02/08/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use Toho seed beads in brick stitch with a rubber ring to make a fun pair of light weight earrings. In this project, the high contrast thread and the ring are part of the design.
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.
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.
Gylrs Night Out: Sterling Earring with Pearl Dangle
$60.00Date and Time: 09/21/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kaami William
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this class, your ear wire is the core of the design. Practice your shape with copper. Create your final piece in sterling and dangle a pearl from the end. Simple, clean, elegant, easy.
Gyrls Night Out: Bezel a Rivoli with 2-hole Beads
$58.00Date and Time: 09/15/2017 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Learn to use 2-hole Superduos and Toho seed beads with netting stitch to bezel around a Swarovski rivoli. This is a fun and fast technique to capture a focal bead to create a pendant or earrings.
Gyrls Night Out: Centerline™ Adjustable Scallop Cuff
$68.00Date and Time: 08/23/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use a new product out on the bead market—an adjustable cuff bracelet. Learn to weave Miyuki Delic 11/0 beads into the cuff. This is a beautiful, fun and fast weaving project. No experience needed. Option dutch treat drinks and snacks in downtown Iowa City after class.
Gyrls Night Out: Embellished Felt Beads
$60.00Date and Time: 07/26/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use vintage sequins and glass seed beads to embellish felt round beads. The beads can then be used however you want. The sequins and beads can be layered for some very fun effects.
Option dutch treat drinks and snacks in downtown Iowa City after class.
Gyrls Night Out: Exploring Resin
$68.00Date and Time: 09/13/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This pendant will incorporate a found object, that participants will bring, into a resin pendant. Learn how to apply enamel and how to mix and apply clear resin in a pendant. Objects should be no larger than ½” x 1 ½” and be fairly flat. Paper items can be cut to fit. Flat bugs and wings are great for this project.
Gyrls Night Out: Gemstone Circle Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 12/13/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tubular Peyote skills.
Use your peyote skills to a make a ring. Combine Toho round seed beads with small gemstone beads to add an extra dimension not frequently found in the bead world.
Gyrls Night Out: Winged Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 11/08/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic Peyote Skills
Use a combination of peyote stitch and herringbone with Delica 11/0 beads to create a small wing. Sew this wing together and embellish with a larger focal bead. Add an ear wire and you are ready for the weekend. Optional dutch treat snacks and drinks after class in a nearby downtown location.
New Class! Gem Duo Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 07/25/2020 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Incorporate the new Cymbal findings into this new earring pattern. These findings are built specifically for two-holed beads. These elegant earrings will steal the show.
During the COVID-19 recovery period, classes are limited to 6 people on a first come first served basis via paying the registration fee. Masks 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 after use. Please call for more details about our safety protocols.
Russian Leaf Pendant through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/03/2020 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use your peyote skills to learn diagonal peyote with Delica seed beads. Embellish your leaf with Toho round seed beads. These leaves are wonderful as a pendant, earrings, or a branch full of them cascading down a lariat. Modifications to make them thinner, wider, and longer will be discussed.
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 to be paid before class. Class conducted in room 054 of the Kirkwood Regional Center on the UI Campus at 2301 Oakdale Blvd, in Coralville.
During the COVID-19 recovery period, classes are limited to 6 people on a first come first served basis via paying the registration fee. Masks 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 after use. Please call for more details about our safety protocols.
All the Right Angles Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 08/08/2020 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right-angle Weave skills
Learn to create cubed right-angle shapes and make connections with cubed right-angle weave to make a pair of elegant earrings. A special technique to make the bottom of the earring will be shared. This project is using size 11/0 true cuts. Be sure to bring your reading glasses with you! Instructor: Karen Kubby.
Prerequisite: cubed right-angle weave skills.
During the COVID-19 recovery period, classes are limited to 6 people on a first come first served basis via paying the registration fee. Masks 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.
Gyrls Night Out: Boho Bracelet with Ajustable Clasp
$58.00Date and Time: 10/13/2017 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class uses a variety of materials. Take a large-holed focal bead, add leather (vegan option available), waxed linen, seed beads, and metal beads. Use various knotting techniques to put them all together, and viola, you have a boho bracelet. Add an adjustable clasp and it makes it a perfect fit for anyone.
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.