Don't you love it when you're looking through a book or magazine "just because", and you find exactly what you've been needing? I have some sets of 5" charm squares and had decided (finally!) that I wanted to put them together in huge English paper pieced hexagons, to make a quilt for when I'm on the sofa.

I just sat down with an old quilting book for a few minutes and had barely started flipping through the pages when I came across a tiny star which had a hexagon outline in the exact size I needed. I traced it to make sure it would work, then made a template from (what the heck is that stiff template material? It's 4:30 a.m. and I haven't been to bed yet--brain shut down hours ago!) and off I went.