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July 2010 Schedule
2059 S. Main Street, in the Field Shopping Center, Morton, IL 61550-2915
Phone: 309-266-7884 www.pumpkinglass.com teresa@pumpkinglass.com
We offer a 10% Discount for *purchases made by students on the day of the class! note: no discount on tools, glass rods, Art Clay materials, books and magazines
You must pre-register. Pre-registration with payment of class fee is required. Refunds will be given only if we cancel the class, or if space can be filled from a waiting list.
July
1 Arabella Bracelet New!
1 Entredeux New!
3 Design Your Pendant
6 Make-It Take-It Caramel Swirl Bracelet New!
7 Make-It Take-It Desert Oasis New!
8 Make-It Take-It Heavenly Bodies New!
9 Make-It Take-It Zulu Earrings New!
10 Make-It Take-It Summer Solstice New!
10 Noir New!
15 Loopy Rhondell Slide New!
15 Belle Fleur New!
17 Modern Vintage
17 Londen Flat New!
22 Turquoise Tranquility New!
22 Silver Spine New!
24 Wander with Color
31 Wire Wrapped Pendant
31 Eastern Star New!
Arabella Bracelet (Beginner and up) New!
Make an elegant, wonderfully textured bracelet out of nothing more than embellished peyote stitch with a clever use of bugle beads.
Students may not finish this bracelet during class time, but will learn all techniques necessary to finish at home.
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $ 23
Instructor: Teresa Kodatt
Ages: 15 and up
Date: Thursday, July 1st, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Entredeux (Intermediate and up) New!
Light weight sterling wire and beads make up into this delicate, lacy pendant with a freshwater coin pearl. Paired with an airy sterling chain that students will assemble, it couldn't be prettier.
Students taking this class should already possess good beginning wire working skills to be sucessful in this class.
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $17
Instructor: Jeannie Mulligan
Ages: Adult and up
Date: Thursday, July 1st, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
PUMPKIN GLASS 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEK!!!! We will be teaching a Make-It Take-It class almost every day the July 6th - 10th to celebrate our anniversary. What does that mean to you? Four free classes!!!! Four finished projects!!! You only pay for the price of the materials!
Make-It Take-It Caramel Swirl Bracelet (Beginner) New!
Spiral copper wire in a unique pattern and pair it with delectable lampwork beads.
Class Fee: FREE, Kit Fee: $14
Date: Tuesday, July 6th, come anytime from 10:30am - 6:00pm. This project will take most students approximately 60 minutes.
Please call to reserve your kit so we are sure to have enough materials for everyone!
Ages: Adult
Make-It Take-It Desert Oasis (Beginner) New!
Combine turquoise stones with silver, coral, and chrysophrase for this southwestern style, easily strung necklace.
Class Fee: FREE, Kit Fee: $ 22
Date: Wednesday, July 7th, come anytime from 10:30am - 6:00pm. This project will take most students approximately 30 minutes.
Please call to reserve your kit so we are sure to have enough materials for everyone!
Ages: 12 and up
Make-It Take-It Heavenly Bodies (Beginner) New!
Wear the sun, moon and stars around your neck! Make this fun eclectic necklace from Vintaj brass findings and unique Czech glass beads. Students will do a little bit of everything...including stringing, wire work and riveting the center pendant.
Class Fee: FREE, Kit Fee: $34
Date: Thursday, July 8th, come anytime from 10:30am - 7:00pm. This project will take most students approximately 60 minutes.
Please call to reserve your kit so we are sure to have enough materials for everyone! We have a limited number of glass moon beads (all are blue). Other color kits will be made from equally pretty Czech glass beads in other shapes and colors.
Ages: Adult
Make-It Take-It Zulu Earrings (Beginner) New! 
Make these fun and EASY earrings with gemstones like amethyst, smoking quartz, citrine or turquoise while learning some basic wire working skills. Earrings shown are four of our different kit combinations. Make as many as you wish!
Class Fee: FREE, Kit Fee: $11 (for one pair of earrings)
Date: Friday, July 9th, come anytime from 10:30am - 6:00pm. This project will take most students approximately 30 minutes.
Please call to reserve your kit so we are sure to have enough materials for everyone!
Ages: Adult
Make-It Take-It Summer Solstice (Beginner) New!
Suspend a beautiful bead by many styles of chain and surround it with complementary beads for an airy Summer necklace.
Class Fee: FREE, Kit Fee: $35
Date: Saturday, July 10th, come anytime from 10:30am - 4:00pm. This project will take most students approximately 60 minutes.
Please call to reserve your kit so we are sure to have enough materials for everyone!
Ages: Adult
Noir (Intermediate) New!
Learn to stitch netted rings and combine them together for this stunning necklace. Several sizes were made and connected together in this asymmetrical layout. The kit includes all the beads to make this necklace, but students can choose to make a smaller piece and connect the rings together as they wish. Multiple color rings connected in a symetrical order make a more casual version.
Students need to have beginning stitching skills to be successful in this class. You will not finish this necklace in class, but will learn all techniques necessary to finish at home.
Instructor: Jeannie Mulligan
Class Fee: $20 Kit Fee: $24
Age: Adult
Date: Saturday, July 10th, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Loopy Rhondell Slide (Intermediate and up) New!
Make a herringbone tube with the new Toho hybrid seed beads and embellish it with loops of seed beads and matching Czech rhondells in the same finish. Slide it on a satin cord and enclose the ends with stitched tubes.
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $ 22
Instructor: Teresa Kodatt
Ages: Adult
Date: Thursday, July 15th, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Belle Fleur (Beginner/Intermediate) New!
Use antiqued sterling wire to make a wonderful center focal and then link it all together with wire wrapped vintage looking dark red crystals (other crystal colors are available if you don't want red).
Students taking this class should have done some sort of wirework to be the most sucessful in this class.
Instructor: Jeannie Mulligan
Class Fee: $20 Kit Fee: $21
Age: Adult
Date: Thursday, July 15th, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
London Flat (Intermediate and up) New!
You've seen chainmaille, but what about beadmaille? This bracelet combines chain and beads in an interlocking pattern.
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $ 30
Instructor: Jeannie Mulligan
Ages: Adult
Date: Saturday, July 17th, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Modern Vintage (Intermediate and up) 
Don't be put off by the complex looking directions in beading magazines. We will help you work through them to make these great, versatile, beaded bead components based on right angle weave. Stitch these beaded beads pictured and combine them with Vintaj natural brass findings to create a vintage looking necklace.
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $42 (Kit fee includes the May 2010 Beadwork magazine for $5.99. If you already own this magazine, please bring it to class and it will be subtracted from the kit fee. Students can use different brass components in this necklace than those pictured if desired to reduce the cost.)
Students taking thing class need to have done some kind of bead weaving before to be successful.
Instructor: Teresa Kodatt
Ages: Adult
Date: Saturday, July 17th, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Turquoise Tranquility (Beginner and up) New!
Different shades of turquoise combine with the rich tones of copper to make this great summer necklace. Learn to use a bead spinner to make quick work of stringing the seed bead strands!
Students may not finish this project during class time but will learn all techniques necessary to complete it at home.
Instructor: Teresa Kodatt
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $45
Ages: Adult
Dates: Thursday, July 22nd, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Silver Spine (Intermediate/Advanced) New!
Try your hand at this new, more advanced chainmaille pattern!
Students may not finish this project during class time but will learn all techniques necessary to complete it at home.
Instructor: Jeannie Mulligan
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $54 for sterling, $12.50 for sterling filled or copper
Student provided: Clasp not included in kit
Ages: Adult
Dates: Thursday, July 22nd, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Wander with Color (Beginner and up)
Just as a painter mixes different pigments on their palette, you will learn how to make bead soups that contain depth and movement. Various methodologies for combining colors will be discussed to give students an understanding of color theory. We will use a freeform beading technique to weave together this multi-stranded bracelet.
Students may not finish this project during class time but will learn all techniques necessary to complete it at home. No tools are required - - just a beading needle!
Instructor: Teresa Kodatt
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $24
Ages: Adult
Dates: Saturday, July 24th, 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Wire Wrapped Pendant (Intermediate and up)
Learn how to wire wrap a piece of fused glass, a coin or stone to make an elegant, finished pendant.
Students taking this class should already possess basic wire working skills.
Supplied by Students: a pendant no larger than a half dollar and no thicker than 1/4"
Instructor: Amy Furgielle
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $8-$10
Ages: Adult
Date: Saturday, July 31st, 10:30am - 1:00pm
Eastern Star (Beginner and up) New!
Make an exotic custom wire bail to give a top drilled stone a new twist for a beautiful focal stone. Then use square wire to make a handmade linked chain! A great class to learn a lot of wireworking techniques.
Students may not finish this project during class time but will learn all techniques necessary to complete it at home.
Instructor: Jeannie Mulligan
Class Fee: $20, Kit Fee: $22 (includes Beadstyle, May 2010 for $5.95. If you have this magazine, bring it with you and it will be subtracted from the kit price)
Ages: Adult
Dates: Saturday, July 31st, 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Design Your Own Pendant
Choose from pre-cut pieces of glass in a rainbow of colors to layer and design your own fused glass pendant!
Make as many as you wish for $9 each. We will fuse them for you and even attach a bail to string it from in sterling or gold plate.  Pick up will be the following day to allow for glass fusing and cooling.
Supplies in kit:
- glass for a 1" to 1 1/2" pendant
- choice of silver or gold bail
Ages: 15 and up, under 15 must be accompanied by an adult helper
Class Fee: $9 for each pendant
Time: approx 20 minutes per pendant
Date: Saturday, July 3rd, 1:30pm - 4:00pm
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