Barbara Brackman isn't taking it easy on us for Christmas

This is the latest block for the Grandmother's Choice Block of the Week by Barbara Brackman:

She gave us templates in Adobe Acrobat but I took one look at that block and said "foundation paper piecing".  Since I don't have BlockBase I had to draw the block first in EQ before printing out the foundations It was time consuming but the only way for me to construct this block accurately.  I'm rather pleased with how it turned out

BUT.....................

Couldn't she have picked an easier block for the Friday before Christmas?