Carpenter's Star Revisited

Added a Frame made from ribbon sapele for the quilt my wife made for me (Crossover Project). I'll never make a frame this large with miter joints again. I ended up using inside corner angle brackets to get it to hold together, and I'm not at all happy with the joints.

Added a shelf for all my spectacles below it.  I resawed the shelf sapele on my table saw and ran it through the planer to flatten it. I didn't notice the tear out until I was applying finish (3 coats of MinWax Clear Semi-Gloss Urethane). Fortunately, the specs sit on that part and it really isn't all that noticeable. I haven't countersunk the shelf mounting screws or covered them with a plug, because I'm not sure I want to keep it.

They are both dead level and parallel to each other. They look crooked, but that's a tropical delusion caused by the lighting.