Thank you all for the nice comments.
Bullfighter, just do it. The reason I tried is, I think is was, EIEIO that told me I could do it. He said, "just cut one hole at a time." I think he was correct. I like to do patterns that require a lot of cutting, because I hate the process of gluing the pattern to the wood, taping it and then having to drill all those little holes
. These patterns that take me a while means I don't have to do it as often, I can spend my time cutting.