Ginny Beyer is a great source. Another excellent resource is Carla Hassel's book "You Can Be a Super Quilter." Yes, you will want to use templates rather than rotary cutting. Hand piecing technique is very different from machine quilting. You will want to draw around templates, cut a quarter inch away from your drawn line, and then pin to match the drawn seam lines, not the cut edges. Carla's book gives great tips on how to do this accurately. When I first began quilting I hand pieced everything. It was fun, accurate, and portable. Many quilts were stitched together in the orthodontist's office and at ballgames. The quilts I made in those days still outshine the machine pieced ones, as the hand stitched ones are very precise and accurate. You will love doing this!