I got to thinking, maybe I should not be so lazy and try to answer my own question. So I did a Google search and found this site:
http://quilting.about.com/od/foundat...er_Piecing.htm
Well, now I know why I have never done any paper piecing, but I have done some foundation piecing on cloth. I remember thinking earlier that it was too much trouble to do a log cabin pattern using paper as a background. However, I was pleasantly surprised this time to find that the crazy quilt probably will go much faster if done this way.
Thanks for enduring my ignorance,
GramMER