Mine was a French braid quilt ... getting each piece of braid in each row to line up with all the others, horizontally, because of the bias ends of each braid section and the sashing between the braids. I have the book and was a bit NOT following the directions on how to do that. I won, though ... finally! It is a lovely top, if I do say so myself. Each quilt I do is different with new challenges to overcome and things to learn and I wonder if I'll ever learn enough to just zip through piecing a quilt top with no problems. I've never given up and not finished a top. I'm too hard headed to quit.