Thanks all! I've always had super good luck with my paper piecing where I sew beside a fold of the paper and not through it - the "Thimbleberries" freezer paper method which is why this was a shock!
Dear Jane is fun but don't get smug!!
DebbieB, to overcome your fear try just one block, enlarge it if you wish! Tartan, good name!
crafterrn1 - and every one, thank you for looking. Check in again in 3 or 4 years and maybe it'll be finished (and I'll be sad!)
Anybody who's missed some and want to see more, go to my photobucket site at the bottom of my posts. Enjoy the day all!