I really enjoyed eveyone's comments.
This past weekend, I was lucky enough to go to the Long Beach
Quilt Show and saw a demonstration of English paper piecing and
was immediately hooked.
My DIL and I bought the templates they sold. (for grandmother's
garden).
Based on everyone's comments, I think I'll leave the paper templates in. It just makes sense.
Now on to the suggested website. HAVE FUN!