I'm really getting into paper piecing. Started out with Carol Doak's 50 stars. Have them all done, can't decide what to do with them now.
Started making roses, got about 50 of them done and plan to do more (some year . . .). they are 6.5" square
Played around with a BOM - only did a few, saved the pattern for all 12 some maybe some day I'll get back to them.
Pattern is 12", and I played with doing a 6" one too.
then two Fire Island Hosta quilts, because I could not decide which colors I liked best. I did not sew on the papers for those though. They in line to be quilted now.
Right now I'm working on Catch Me If You Can - I did precut all my peices, but I'm not as generous as the pattern calls for. I rarely use a "add a quarter" ruler any more, and do more trimming with scissors than a rotary cutter.
It does get easier and faster, once you get confident enough to skip a lot of steps that really are needed when you are starting out.