I bought a pattern not realizing that it is paper pieced. I have never attempted paper piecing and am a bit worried that I may be in over my head, but dang I love that pattern. Any suggestions to get me started?

Do a quick search on the board for Amma's tutorial..it is excellent!

your first peice of fabric is worked onto the backside of the printed paper and upside down make sure its 1/4 inch over each side and pin it then lay fab 2 ontop of it right sides together , turn it over look at it in the light then sew directly on line 1 between space 2 turn it over and press.
sometimes its hard depending on the shapes to get the fabric just right but if I taught myself i think anyone can.
best of luck

I just started PPing this last couple of months and have been somewhat teaching myself. I started at QuiltersCache.com and did some learn-to's there!

Dive in and have fun. Your points are always perfect!!!

youtube has great tutorials, thats how I learned
Also get the add a quarter ruler, it is worth its weight in gold for paper piecing, love it. I am a beginner, and it not that hard, just very time consuming going back and forth with ironing cutting and positioning on the lightbox

have fun, paper piecing is so much fun and you can google online for videos to watch and tutorials on paper piecing

I just started my first paper piecing project yesterday. I was taking an applique class and never expected any paper piecing. Once you get the hang of it, it's fun.

I've looked at a couple videos and it doesn't look as bad as I thought in the beginning. But geez, it's messy! and so much going back and forth, I can't imagine how you can get anything done. And it seems like a huge waste of fabric too.

I tend to have a bunch of pieces in the works ... and sew a bunch then trim then off to press, more trimming if needed ... then repeat!

And yes, it's somewhat fiddly though ... especially if you're not doing a whole bunch of blocks.