Using a length of approximately 60” of 24-ga wire, make a 4.5” long coil on the 1.6 mm diameter mandrel (second to smallest mandrel in the Coiling Gizmo® Deluxe Winder)
Take the coil off the mandrel and trim off excess wire.
Cut a 15” length of 22-ga wire of the same color.
Using the same mandrel as in step 1, secure the 22-ga wire onto the mandrel and make one coil.
Thread the 4.5” coil you made in step 1 onto the 22-ga wire still attached to the mandrel.
Push the coiled wire up to the mandrel and coil it (with the 22-ga wire inside of it) approx. 16 times around the mandrel.
Remove the coiled-coil off the mandrel. DO NOT CUT the wires yet.
Trim off the excess wire (the wire tail attached to the mandrel), leaving the longer remaining wire on the opposite side of the coiled-coil intact.
Thread the remaining 22-ga wire through the opposite side of the coiled-coil you just created.
Pull and tighten the wire thus, forming a circle of coiled-coil wire.
Adjust the coils so that they are evenly distributed throughout the circle.
For the center of the daisy, thread a 10 mm bead onto the remaining 22-ga wire and carry the wire over to the opposite side of the daisy.
Wrap the wire once around the opposite side.
Secure the remaining wire by wrapping it twice around the wire that the bead is strung onto (inside the coiled-coil circle).
Trim off any excess wire.
To connect the wire daisies, use 8-10 mm open jump rings and/or wire wrapped beads.
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