This is Arlene's block with my work and Ann F.'s work. She did the seam treatment and embellishments on top of the fan, and I did all the seam treatments and embellishements that currently exist on the fan blades themselves.
After a first failed attempt, and another practice success, here is my "shisha mirror". I used the basic edging stitch with some larger beads (maybe size 11) and then the peyote stitch with some delicas. I can see I'm going to have to do more of these as I like how it turned out.