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Make Your Own Chains & Beaded Chains

  • Beginner
  • 16 and older
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  • 145 Harrison St, Illinois City, IL
  • 3 hours

Start Dates (0) $40/person

  • Price does not include materials needed.

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Class Description

Description

Chains, chains, and more chains! Learn to make five different chain designs, both beaded and plain, that you can adapt for use in your own projects and designs.

Materials:

craft wire, round, dead soft:

  • 28 gauge soft wire -- approx. 1.5 feet
  • 20 gauge soft wire -- approx. 20 feet
  • Approx. 10 4mm to 6mm beads

Note: Tools are available for use during the class. Students can bring their own materials, but they are also available for purchase at the shop.


Materials are extra.

Refund Policy

Class fees are non-refundable and non-transferable to other classes, unless we cancel the class.

Reviews of Classes at Bead In Hand (19)

(4.9-star rating across 19 reviews)

This class: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews

  • Make Your Own Chains & Beaded Chains

    The class was fun, our Instructor was knowledgeable,personable and very helpful. I attended the class with my granddaughter and we are now bead enthusiast.
  • Make Your Own Chains & Beaded Chains

    The class was so informative, fun. I learned so much in a short time such. Our instructor was patient well prepared and the ease she taught helped so much. Looking forward to more jewelry making classes.
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Bead In Hand

We are a retail bead shop in Oak Park, Illinois, just outside of Chicago with an extraordinary selection of beads and beading supplies. We specialize in helping you find just the right color, size or shape bead (or other material) for your project.

Doris Weinbaum opened Bead in Hand in 1993 at its current...
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