This class is designed for beading beginners. You’ll learn stringing, finishing, and design techniques for completing necklaces and bracelets. There will be discussion about stringing, Softflex* finishing, and clasp choice. Students will complete and take home one bracelet or necklace in class!

• Class Fee Includes: All supplies and the use of BDC tools.
• Fees: $37
• image: Calla Wanser
• Special Note: If you have some beading tools already, please bring them. It is always best to learn on what you will be using at home! You may also want to bring reading glasses.

Beads at Dusti Creek Hours:

M         10:00am – 6:00pm

T          10:00am – 6:00pm

W        10:00am – 6:00pm

Th        10:00am – 9:00pm

F          10:00am – 6:00pm

S          10:00am – 5:00pm

S          12:00pm – 4:00pm

In this class you will learn the basic skills needed to wire wrap a cabochon, coin, or flat keepsake using either gold filled wire or sterling silver wire.  The skills you will learn in this class are the same skills needed to wire wrap rings, or bracelets also.  Once you have the basics down, you are only limited by your imagination, so come join our class, and get ready to have some fun.

• Fees: $35.00
• Instructor: Brent Nordstrom
• Materials Fee: (payable to Instructor): Gold filled wire kit - $16 Silver wire kit - $12 You may choose to provide your own wire.
• Supply List: Available upon registration.

After creating three gorgeous strips of tubular herringbone, braid them together for the most striking effect! 

• Fees: $35.00
• Instructor: Karie Hieb
• Supply List: Available upon registration.

If you’ve been afraid to try wire work before, or if you’ve tried and things just don’t look quite right, this is the class for you. You will learn the basic tools and techniques required for quality wire work.

• Class Fee Includes: All supplies and the use of BDC tools.
• Fees: $37
• Instructor: Calla Wanser
• Special Note: * If you have some beading tools already, please bring them. It is always best to learn on what you will be using at home! You may also want to bring reading glasses.

International Gems Trunk Show

Beads at Dusti Creek is proud to offer this highly distinctive assortment of natural stones, shell, mother of pearl, fresh water pearls, dyed stones in an exceptional variety of shapes and sizes: stars, pillows, sticks, hearts, rounds, squares, cubes, roundels, and so very much more.  There will be 1000’s of strands displayed in a harmonious array of colors. Come be serenaded by this visual symphony!

  Hours:

Friday           10:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday       10:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday          12:00pm – 4:00pm

4848 SE Division, Portland, OR 97206

503-235-4800  www.BeadsAtDustiCreek.com

Tubular Herringbone Stitch is so wonderful because of the variety of different beads you can use.  You can use any size of seed beads, cylinder beads, cube beads, hex beads, drop beads, bugle beads, crystals, Czech fire-polished beads, etc.  You can make thin tubes or thick tubes.  Different beads can be used in sections or mixed as in the, “Diamonds in the Sky” Necklace.  It’s fun & easy.  In class, you will learn an easy way to start your tubular herringbone stitch how to work from both sides so you can add a pendant.

Herringbone History:

The Herringbone stitch is also known as Ndebele. In recent years many beaders identified this stitch as Ndebele which originates from the Ndebele people of South Africa. The Ndebele people use the herringbone stitch extensively along with other beading stitches in their beadwork.  It is a zigzag pattern, composed of short parallel slanted rows that line up in one direction and then the other.

• Fees: $35.00
• Instructor: Allison Harper
• Supply List: Available upon registration.