Please don't let paper piecing scare you I was a totally new quilter when I did these quilts with paper piecing. My first lesson was a log cabin square which I did following the instructions on about.com and with the help of one Carol Doak's paper piecing books that I borrowed from the Guild here on the island. I am now working on quilt number 6 and they have all been paper pieced. I am learning different things as I go. The last quilt Eloise's flower garden I left all the paper on while I stitche all the blocks together. It was more difficult to put throught the machine as the quilt got bigger but it retained its shape much better than my previous quilt tops. The one I am working on now I found in an old patchwork book and adapted it to paper piecing. It is called Indian Hatchet--very easy to adapt. Best wishes and do try your hand at it. That all being said I am scared to try to quilt without the paper!!!But I will with all my squares and rectangles of scraps!!