The DWR is one of my favorite patterns. I have made 5 king/queen size quilts. Of course the first 2 were not my best efforts but after that I found a way to keep myself focused on the curves and they have fallen into place. I have only one, the last one I made, for myself. Every other one has been given as a gift. Mostly wedding gifts. I sew the arches and smaller pieces on the sewing machine but I do the majority of the work by hand. I love scrappy quilts and the DWR is a fantastic quilt to use up all those little pieces laying around in the scrap box. Julia