things to do in Iowa City
Gyrls Night Out: Embellished Felt Beads
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/26/2019 from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
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.
Hemp Knotted Bracelet
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/20/2019 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use softened hemp and a basic macramé knot to make a smart bracelet. Embellish with large-hole beads as you knot. Learn to make a lovely loop to go over a unique button closure.
Super Sparkle Earrings
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/06/2019 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: basic CRAW skills
Use your cubed right angle weave skills to make a square with Toho seed beads. Then use vintage montees (crystals with a cross channel backing) to embellish the front and sides of your square.
Alternating Crystal Bracelet
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 06/29/2019 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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.
Gyrls Night Out: Mug Rugs
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 06/14/2019 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use your peyote skills and size 6/0 Toho rounds to make a beaded coaster. Embellish the edges with feather beads that look like fringe to make your mug rug.
Peyote Stitch Beaded Beads through Kirkwood Community College
Read MoreDate and Time: 05/20/2019 from 5:30PM-8:30PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Weaving with beads isn’t has complicated as it looks. Peyote stitch is a versatile and often used seed bead weaving technique. Students will make beads by beading a rectangle, embellishing it if you choose, then folding and zipping it closed to make a tight and seamless tube. Samples of finished jewelry using peyote stitch will be available.
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.
2-Strand Memory Wire Bracelet
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 05/18/2019 from 10:00AM - noon
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Desiree Dahl
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Use memory wire to make a 2-stranded cuff bracelet. Use a 2-hole bead or spacer bar to connect your two strands. Learn to use memory wire tools to make loops on the ends of your cuff. This is a great way for people who normally don’t wear bangles to get a bracelet style without a clasp that fits properly.
Gyrls Night Out: Cluster Dangle Earrings
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 05/10/2019 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop.
Use your wrapped loop skills to make a pair of earrings that dangle and sparkle. Use colorful USA woman-made furnace glass, Italian glass swirls, and Swarovski crystals to make these earrings. Optional dutch-treat snacks somewhere downtown after class.
Peas in a Pod–Great Mother’s Day Gift
$88.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 05/05/2019 from 1:00PM-4:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Create a birthstone Peas in a Pod Pendant. This will be a great gift for to yourself or your mom to celebrate your family. Using copper wire learn to close two ends of a flat weave into a cylinder to form an open pod. Learn to add crystals to the center of the pod, to finish one end with a loop and add an additional crystal, and to finish the other end with a bail so you can hang it from your favorite chain.
Brick Stitch Corn Earrings
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/27/2019 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
You can make endless figurative beaded pieces with brick stitch. Learn tricks to be successful. Make a pair of flat, brick stitched earrings in the shape of corn—just in time for sweet corn season.