Hi Ducky --
See the post right above yours for a link to 'paper piecing basics'. The hardest part was getting started in the middle. Once that was done, square and trimmed, the other pieces just fell together. I pinned just the corners -- not thru the paper -- the little pieces just seemed to cling to each other (no gravity there), and as long as the pieces were big enough to cover the shapes, I just stitched on the lines. My triangles and white strips were very precise, so I used those edges to line up with previous sewing lines...it got easier the farther out on the block I got, so the last couple of 'rows' went together very quickly!
I tried paper piecing my big project today -- posted some comments on my blog at
http://quiltwithus.connectingthreads.com/profile/AM just now. I'm "AnnaBanana" over there!