seed bead weaving class
New Class! Designing with CRAW Chain
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/15/2020 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW skills—see Intro to CRAW on Feb. 1.
Participants will make a long cubed right angle weave chain with one size of round Toho beads. Decisions on where to stitch the chain together will be determined by the student. There are endless ways to use this strategy to complete a unique piece. Tips and tricks for this decision making will be shared.
New Class! Gyrls Night Out: CRAW Circle Earrings
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/14/2020 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW skills—see Intro to CRAW on Feb. 1.
Using two sizes of Toho round beads and Cubed Right Angle weave to make a curved piece. Connect it into a circle. Embellish the circle on the bottom with more CRAW units and the sides with stitchin’ in the ditch. This is a fun way to use your CRAW skills.
New Class! Fancy Barbell Toggle
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/18/2020 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites:
Use both your flat and tubular peyote skills and Delica and Toho beads to create a decorated ring and barbell style toggle bar. This allows you to create your own clasp for a beaded creation. Learn tips and tricks to make this process easier.
Prerequisite: basic peyote skills—see Peyote Stitch Techniques on Jan. 11.
Gyrls Night Out: Gemstone Circle Earrings
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 12/13/2019 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
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.
Ruffles Galore Earrings
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 12/07/2019 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Participants will use brick stitch round a metal base to create these exquisite earrings. The flatness of the Delica beads help create contrast to the round beads that make the ruffles.
Double St. Petersburg Chain through Kirkwood
Read moreDate and Time: 11/18/2019 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
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.
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 through Kirkwood/$30 materials fee night of class.
Gyrls Night Out: Winged Earrings
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 11/08/2019 from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
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.
Graduated Prismatic Bracelet
$72.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 10/12/2019 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right-angle weave skills.
Put your cubic right-angle weave and peyote stitch skills to work in this PRAW bracelet. Learn to transition from PRAW to peyote stitch and back to PRAW again. Decrease your peyote to graduate down to fewer stitches per round. Embellish with Swarovski crystals.
Beaded Holiday Ornament
$72.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 10/05/2019 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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.
New Class! Peyote Slide on Spiral Herringbone
$72.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/22/2020 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Flat peyote skills—see class on Jan. 11.
Students will learn or review spiral herringbone and make a lariat. A slide to connect two sides of the lariat will be made with Delicas with peyote stitch. The slide has to be just the right tension around the lariat—not too loose or it will slip, and not too tight or it won’t slide.