I think it might be time for you to start a new thread to ask for suggestions. Most people probably read the title of this one, saw that the pattern had been identified, and no longer look at the responses. I will also send you some patterns to consider. The one I was thinking about is really pretty, but I don't have any written directions for it, so it probably wouldn't work out for you. I made a quilt from it last year, before I joined this forum, so I haven't posted it yet. There are a lot of pieces in it, but they are easier to cut and put together than the ones in your block.
You could also ask in your new thread what other people think of your around the corner block. Maybe someone knows of a good way to make it that I don't know about.
The other thing that might be most helpful to you is to go to a quilt store, or JoAnn's, even the library, somewhere with lots of quilting books to look at. Skim through until you find some scrappy quilts that really catch your eye. Look carefully at the directions and see if they are easy to follow.
I agree with you that paper piecing is best learned in a class. I learned at a LQS - their class taught the Judy Niemeyer way - and I love doing it, though I haven't done anything really difficult yet. The other thing that I was talking about with freezer paper is explained here:
http://www.geocities.com/quiltfrenzy/3dtriangle5.html
I've only used it once, but it did help put together a difficult block. It would be very time consuming using it for every patch in every block in a quilt though.
There are also some very traditional designs, like log cabin, that can be done with scraps, provided you have the light/dark mix. In fact almost any quilt can be made scrappy, whether it's shown that way or not.
These are the two blocks I was thinking about, and the pattern they make together. The two blocks are actually exactly the same, except for the direction of some of the patches.