Another welcome from Texas! I am fairly new to the site - but have learned so much already. I do a lot of searches, find a lot of great information that I didn't even know I didn't know! This is a wonderful website. :-)
I actually signed up for a paper piecing class that starts next week - but am a little concerned as it seems the patterns might be more involved. Going to talk to the LQS that is offering them. I have watched several YouTube videos on it though - and it looks like you can create some very nice things with the paper piecing that would be difficult or impossible any other way. It is not fast - but it does produce some very detailed blocks.