Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. juliasb, your quilt is amazing!
I do get that I don't have to FPP a Hunter's Star, I think my quarter inch is now stabilized enough that I could probably pull it off without too many issues. I do, however, want to experience FPP at least once and it's on my 'to-do' list for this year, hence the reason for the post.
I'll be contacting Quiltworx at some point this week to see if they would send samples of their papers, I didn't even think that was even an option.
The thought of earmuffs or earbuds has crossed my mind, but it's really not an option. With a fiancé and two dogs, I've got to be able to 'hear' my house in case something happens or my fiancé needs me for something. I usually get a week to myself each month as he goes over to the village next to our town to check on on a senior friend, I could possibly work on one of her patterns when he's gone and use earmuffs, but it would take me a very long time to finish.