ta-da!
Here it is finally, still in progress, actually, as can be seen from the dangling wires, my first attempt following the magnificent Magdalena's tutorial re my last post. The whole thing measures 1-1/4" across. I had "issues", of course, which i will be covering up with more pearls :). But i'm happy with the learning experience. I questioned some things about her construction methods, and thought i would do them differently if it were me, but decided to follow her instructions closely instead the first time to see how things worked, and i'm glad i did it that way. In the future i will incorporate some of my own prefered methods and it should go a lot more quickly. This piece is one i will be keeping for myself, and I'll post a picture when it is completely done.