Doorflake for Christmas

It's almost Christmas, and everything on my to-do list is so far behind that I've forgotten most of what was supposed to be on it to begin with.
My husband and I will be spending our first Christmas in our first purchased home this year, and after nearly ten Christmas's with not much beyond each other, we're excited to really make this home ours.
To celebrate, I thought I would make our first outdoor decoration since funds are low from remodeling a foreclosed home. I love making Snowcatcher's beautiful flakes so much that I decided to try making a giant flake using this snowflake.
Here it is on the blocking board, ready to be stiffened. I should note that my flake has a few mistakes, namely that my thick head was misreading part of the pattern and added extra spaces and picots on the final row. After messing up several times and just wanting the thing done, I decided the extra bits didn't look so bad, and it was time to move on to other projects.
If you like making snowflakes, definitely check Snowcatcher out. Her patterns are absolute genius and are relatively easy to follow as long as you're a practiced hooker, so to speak.
Happy holidays everyone!

Update: simply blocking this giant flake with glue alone thus far has not made it stiff enough to hold its own weight; the side spokes sag and flop forward. My plan is to try even more glue (the back of the flake still feels soft in places) and will probably use wax paper on my blocking board instead of tinfoil... I spent an aggravating amount of time peeling it off in tiny slivers when I was already running late for work, so one can imagine the distress that ensued.

12/21/17 update:
IT'S UP!

For now, it has to come inside every time it rains, because we've yet to get around to building a roof for the porch... eventually it may get a coating of clear polyurethane, but for now what we have left is going to other projects, and I'll just have to be careful with the doorflake. :)
Merry Christmas!