Years ago I decided to try paper pieciing and found I loved it. My 1st attempt was Jinny Beyer's Crystal Star, a wall hanging. Not for the faint at heart mind you but I found it not as hard as I thought it would be. 150 different fabrics. I bought Jinny's kit to make it which left me I think enough to make the smaller version someday in the future. I copied all the pages in case I decided to sell the pattern in the future too. I fell in love with paper piecing after that.
This pattern was a 1st in a couple ways.........1st trying paper piecing, the I decided to try metallic embroidery thread to quilt it on my quilt machine. All worked out well, then I gave it away as a gift to a couple I know. Have always thought I wanted to make the smaller version for myself some day as the scraps leftover should be just large enough to work.
Since then I found EQ8, you can take a regular pattern and turn it into a paper pieced pattern. I've done that a number of times to make sure it came out perfectly.
You'll find various ways of doing paper piecing. Some like to use the freezer paper where they pull the paper just far enough so you don't sew on it so you can use it over and over. I prefer sewing thru the paper as I can't sew a straight line to save my life.