I would say try it! If you know you like applique then you already are "experienced". For placement on complicated blocks I trace the design on clear plastic that you buy on a roll by the yard at fabric shops to make on overlay for placement using a fine tip Sharpie. Then you prepare the applique pieces in your choice of method, put the background fabric under the overlay and lay your pieces in place matching the seam lines to the tracing. If you are doing freezeer paper then it should match almost exactly, needle turn - the drawn line should match the overlay. This helps cut way down on those pieces being too far to the right or left! It will even help with Sunbonnet sue's arms, dresden plates being centered etc.