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Friday Night Out—Cellini Pendant with SuperDuos–only two seats left! Notice new date, too.
$68.00Date and Time: 01/19/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills.
Use your tubular peyote stitch skills with varied sizes of beads to make this spiral pendant. Incorporate 2-hole SuperDuos into this modification of peyote stitch for a pendant with lots of movement and depth.
Morse Code Wrap Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 12/03/2024 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.
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.
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.
Friday Night Out: Ball Chain & Leather Bracelet
$60.00Date and Time: 08/30/2024 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use waxed linen to wrap ball chain around a piece of leather. It sounds so easy and looks so good. Add a button clasp on one end and a loop on the other, and you are ready, set, go! Vegan option available.
Friday Night Out: Pearl Dangle Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 07/07/2023 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped Loop. See Make 3 Pairs of Earrings on July 1 or call 319-338-1566 for a private tutorial.
Use wrapped loops to attach freshwater pearls to sterling chain. Add an ear wire and watch these lovely materials dangle for a beautiful earring. Easy to make. Easy to wear.
Friday Night Out: Papillion Beaded Beads
$68.00Date and Time: 01/17/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use SuperDuo and Toho round beads to create a beaded bead. The beading is done around a wooden bead to create a firm structure. Make multiple beads.
Friday Night Out: Byzantine Chain Maille Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 09/13/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn the basics of byzantine chain maille to make a bracelet. Chain maille is a technique of taking individual open jump rings and putting them together to form a mesh or chain. Proper tool handling and opening and closing of rings will be emphasized.
End of Day Lampwork Headpins
$120.00Date and Time: 10/04/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any lampworking 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.
Friday Night Out: Wire Bail Techniques–only one seat left!
$60.00Date and Time: 08/11/2023 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Call for a private tutorial.
We don’t mean hay bales when we are talking wirework. Learn to make bails using a variety of top drilled shapes. Wrapped bails will also be taught. You will get a chance to practice your wrapped loops in this class. Walk away with a small cache of dangles and pendants. This is a technique, not a project class.
Pearl and Copper Wrapped Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 11/15/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this improved version of this design, add freshwater pearls to copper wire. Wrap your wire around a sturdy armature. Learn to create a hook-n-eye clasp that comes organically from the piece.
Friday Night Out: Fleur-de-lis Earrings
$48.00Date and Time: 07/26/2024 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Using Crescent and Gem Duo two-holed Czech beads and Toho seed beads, create a fleur-de-lis component. Add an ear wire and you are ready to go! This component also makes a great bracelet! Optional dutch treat drinks and snacks after class.