This isn’t a beading project that you’d find at summer camp! In this beginner workshop, you will learn the basics of bead weaving. With guidance and step-by-step instruction, you will make a beautiful pendant, using needle, thread, and cube-shaped glass beads. You will walk away from class with the inspiration and foundational skills to apply to larger projects down the road – like a beaded tapestry!
You will learn the “square stitch” bead-weaving pattern, how to finish off thread and start a new strand mid-project, and finish the pendant with loops for hanging on a silk or leather cord with an adjustable slip-knot closure. The finished product looks like a shiny glass mosaic and feels silky-smooth to the touch. Pre-designed patterns will be available, such as an initial, heart, diamond or geometric pattern. Or get creative and design your own!
Please read our Class Attendee Policy, which includes our cancellation policy, prior to registering.
Location: Downstairs Flex Space
Class Size: 3-6 students
Age Group: Adults 18+
Registration Fee: $45 Non-members, $40 Members
Non-members will need to sign our General Waiver at the beginning of class if they do not already have one on file.
Materials Fee: $15 payable via cash to instructor at start of class to cover the cost of glass beads, beading thread, needs, beading mats, chain, crimp covers, and headpins.
Instructor: Ginny Cole
Ginny Cole began her career as a high school math teacher after earning a B.A. in math and sociology and an M.S. in secondary education. She went on to be a business executive and corporate trainer in human resources and communications. Being equally analytical and artistic, she has tried "every craft known to man" since her childhood 4-H days with blue-ribbons in sewing and cross-stitch. In retirement, in 2009, she taught herself jewelry-making skills and created a small business, Ginny's Gems, attending craft shows and designing unique jewelry for her friends and neighbors, as well as repairing and re-designing their old jewelry. This gave her justification as a bead hoarder, needing an extra bedroom for her collection. As a quilter, she started designing mini quilt blocks out of cube beads, and a new product line was born. Ginny has been spending summers in the Wolfeboro area for 40 years and currently lives in Venice, Florida in the winter.
