I made a practice block yesterday, took better than 5 hours (alabama) getting my paper piecing skills refreshed.
I choose 10" size accidently (learning curve with the software) by the time I realized it I had 150 sheets of paper already printed so 10" it is. I wanted to do 8".
I learned I don't want mixed neutrals for center points
I like the little dash of pink with my stash greens
I'm not convinced the paper is going to come off as easy as Doak shows in the CD, even though I'm using a 90 needle and a 1.5 stitch.
And since it took so long I've put a little tablet by the sewing machine and I'm going to keep track of the total time.
If anyone asks what I'm doing with my time while caring for my mother I can show them the tablet of paper sewing time and remark "I've come a long way, I started out in home ec sewing lines and circles on paper!"