seed bead weaving class
New Class! Gyrls Night Out: Beaded Ring
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/14/2020 from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Follow a pattern to make a beaded ring using peyote stitch, elastic thread, and 8/0 Delica seed beads. This is a fast and fun way to start and finish a beading project. Perfect for girls night out!
This project is also great prep work and fulfills the prerequisite for Peyote with a Twist on August 30.
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.
All the Right Angles Earrings
$72.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/08/2020 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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.
Filled Ornament Earrings
$66.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/01/2020 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Using the pattern from designer Connie Bradley in the Feb/March 2020 issue of Beadwork magazine, create earrings from the tassels in her La Petitie Bouteille Necklace. These earrings use small glass bulbs, bugle and round beads, and herringbone stitch to make these filled ornament earrings. You must bring or purchase this magazine to participate in this class.
If you have the magazine, please call or come in to register.
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.
New Class! Gyrls Night Out: Tassel Earrings
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/17/2020 from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use or get herringbone stitch skills to make a lovely pair of tassel earring. You’ll stitch a beaded bead and stack large beads to stabilize your beaded bead on a headpin. Make a wrapped loop and add an ear wire and you are ready to wear.
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.
Patterned Peyote with a Twist Slide
$138.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/30/2020 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Laurel Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic Peyote Skills--see Beaded Ring class on August. 14.
Bead crochet not your thing? Learn to use peyote stitch to mimic single stitch bead crochet. This technique was introduced in 2017 by Gerlinde Lenz. Participants will learn to follow a pattern that will repeat, so you get the hang of it. Be prepared to want more after learning this clever, addictive variation of peyote stitch. The end product is a slide to add to a lariat of your choice.
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.
Beaded Chain Bootcamp
$138.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/29/2020 from 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Laurel Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
This workshop will share 7 stitches that can be used in a beaded chain or lariat. Learn the stitch, practice a few inches and end up with a sampler style necklace of all the options presented. Discussion will include how to decide which stitch may best suit your purpose.
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.
Saturn Beaded Bead
Read moreDate and Time: 04/11/2020 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tublular Peyote Stitch
Use peyote stitch to cover a wooden bead. Learn to decrease with peyote stitch by using different bead sizes and by reducing the number of beads in each row. Embellish around the equator of bead to form the “Saturn” rings. These beads make wonderful focal pieces for a necklace and a smaller version is great for earrings.
Registration is $68 and includes all materials and instructions.
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.
You can also order the kit with instructions for $38 by phone. Look to see when we have this added to the web site on the kit page at https://beadologyiowa.com/product-category/kits/
Gyrls Night Out: Herringbone & Swarovski Earrings–this class is full–please call to get on a waiting list!
Read moreDate and Time: 06/19/2020 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Capacity: 4
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a herringbone graduated tube using 3 sizes of Toho round seed beads. Add Swarovski crystals and the herringbone tube on a headpin and make a wrapped loop. Registration is $60 and includes all materials and instruction.
Registration is $60 and includes all materials and instruction. Please call to get on the waiting list. We will schedule another session of this class when we have 2 people on the waiting list.
During the COVID-19 recovery period, classes are limited to 4 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.
New Class! Swarovski CRAW Bracelet
$88.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/21/2020 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right-Angle Weave Skills
Swarovski crystals make this bracelet pure sparkle. Use your cubed right-angle weave skills to create a simple band. Then embellish it with Toho round seed beads. Finish your bracelet with a secure magnetic clasp.
Russian Leaf Pendant
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/14/2020 from 1:30 PM- 4:30PM
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.
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.