Thank you. I think that after I’ve done several, I’ll have a pretty good idea what size to cut the strips and then the triangles.

I agree that I don’t want the blocks to be too large. For a king sized quilt, I don’t think 8x8 is too large, do you? You all have much more experience than I do, so if you think that would mean the design would be lost, please let me know!

When I made my storm at sea quilt I used the Deb Tucker square in a square and diamond rects rulers. My points came out perfect on every block which is unusual for me. I prefer not to paper piece if I have a choice but that is just me. The secret was slightly oversized units that can be trimmed to the perfect size.

Good luck, it's a beautiful pattern.

Ok, I see now that I am maybe not using the correct sizes. Because the SAS can be made into many different configurations, I’m referring to the individual squares as 4x4 and 8x8. In this example that you linked, it shows a 12x12 block made up of 3x3 and 6x6 squares.

Maybe I’ll make up some blocks with some scrap material and see if I like the size

I agree. I have done numerous paper-piecing projects (nothing this large). This pattern requires accuracy both when paper piecing and when sewing the units together. A pillow top would give you a way to practice and refine your skills before tackling your project.

I have the die for the SAS . It makes a nine inch finished block.
https://www.accuquilt.com/go-storm-at-sea-die.html The quilt pictures of the finished quilts look great with that size block.

I was going to suggest this too. I haven't made one yet, but this quilt is definitely on my bucket list and I've been thinking about how I want to do it for a while now. I bought an English paper piecing kit to make it with, and then decided I wasn't crazy enough to tackle all of those sometimes teeny-tiny triangles by hand (over 1,400 pieces in the kit! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/eek.png ). Foundation paper piecing is just not my thing, so I pretty much landed on doing it with the Deb Tucker rulers, especially because making blocks a bit bigger and cutting them down is pretty much how I work anyway.

However you decide to do it, it is a beautiful quilt!

I pp'd a king size hunter star quilt last year. It really wasn't horrible. I did end up initially mis-calculating my fabric needs and had to purchase more of the fabric but, oh well. I was able to simply over-size my cut pieces (triangles/rectangles) and had very little waste/block. The waste was not what caused my mis-calculations. I 'designed' the blocks/quilt in EQ5 and just didn't believe I would really need that much fabric. I find EQ - v5 in particular - tends to over-estimate yardage because of how it calculates the fabric cutting.

And granted, the quilt was heavy but just because of it's overall size and the fact that I used W&N cotton batting. I did quilt it on my DSM. Lots of pulling/pushing and a bit of tendonitis as a result but mainly because I was in a rush to get it done.

I PP some blocks from Carol Doaks "50 State Stars" without wasting a lot of material. For each block I measured each piece then cut the fabric for each piece 1/2" bigger all the way around. Made sure that each piece was placed right before sewing, so did not have all that much waste.

No, you're not crazy, I designed my "kimono" quilt, 8" squares, pp, it turned out great, unfortunately my Japanese friend that I gave it to, died soon afterwards, but her brother and family, took it back to Japan with them.

This stuff is awesome. I highly recommend it also. It would be perfect for a king size, elimination all that tearing and reinforcing it. I sewed along with the 50 Paper pieced stars back when a group here was sewing. It ended up being a queen size with almost full drop. So king size in all. It was scrappy so I could add needed fabric colors as I ran out.