Happy and dancing!!! Stepbystep Wire Jewelry mag Dec/Jan2011 is out and my tutorial is inside!!!! YAY... what a wonderful day..

Can't believe that those spectacular earrings are MINE ;-)

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Here is the taping done for the final stripes. Because these stripes were going over the existing orange diamonds, we had to tape both sides of the stripe. I used, again, the tape-offset technique to get a reference center stripe and then used smaller pieces of the tape to measure off the outside tape-lines.

The crosses were particularly fun to do - which is in the next photo.

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stitching... blogged.

Slowly drill (or hand twist the bit) a hole in the center punch dimple. Clean up the edges so they look smooth and there is no jagged edges around the hole.

trimmed... blogged.

Mark a dimple in the center of the body cap with the center punch tool. A nail or similar tool will work also.

This block was first published as the Quartered Star Block, but is also known as the Ribbon Star. Complete instructions for this block blogged here: Quartered Star Quilt Block

Carefully tape the aluminum disk to the body cap ensuring the pinhole is still centered in the 1/4" drilled hole. Allow adhesive to completely dry.

After the silicone adhesive dries carefully remove the tape.

Here you can see that we have pained the purple stripes as well. Unlike the pink, the purple stripes were not going straight down the center of the green but off-set to the side a bit. Also, you can see where I have feathered the green over the diamonds, feathering like this makes for better tape lines and less bleed. It's even better if you can feather in the colour you are painting over (so feathering in orange, in this case) but the orange was from the previous painting of the room and so we didn't have it available (and I didn't really think about that idea until after this project was basically completed).

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After coloring around the pinhole with the sharpie marker it's time to remove all the masking tape. Your pen painting should be darker than mine as the marker I used was not very dark.

Slide the aluminum disk around until the pinhole is centered in the 1/4" drill hole.

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Outside, or with adequate ventilation, paint over the aluminum disk so it is black.

Using the paper scissors cut a very small piece of tape to mask over the pinhole.

The adhesive should look like this when applied.

Round off the corners of the square so there are no sharp edges to cut yourself.

After the dimple is sanded away a small hole should appear in the aluminum. Use the needle once more to gently round out the hole (both sides).

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Using some weight push the aluminum disk onto the body cap.

Cut a 3/4"x 3/4" (apx) square piece from the aluminum sheet.

Using a White Two-Way Nail art Pen/Brush make little white dots in a diagonal pattern along the top left of your nails. They can be big or little dots, don't worry about them being perfectly even.

Place a very thin layer of silicone adhesive around the outside of the aluminum disk. Too much adhesive will smear all over the disk and into the hole making a mess and possibly ruining the disk.

Here is the dimple (top side) and it has not made a visible hole yet.

**Project Five**

the final collage.

Using a large sharpie marker (the only marker I had I DO NOT recommend) dot the unpainted area around the

Body cap with 1/4" hole drilled in the center.