I had problems at first too, but kept at it. Seems sewing backwards is great for me lol.. But do print out extra's. Yes the tape would work great, I have some that I use for making cards. But its so expensive that printing out extra sheets is the answer. I am not much of a sewer, worked real hard to paper piece, and I think I have finally gotten the hang of paper piecing. But I am still on the easy blocks. I wondered if you could paper piece by hand and now you have just answered that question. Thank you and good luck with yours. I would really love to try them hand piecing.
Rita