What pattern are you using? I took a class once for paper piecing. We started out with a larger block and it was pretty easy. It's seems to be more challenging when there are quite a few pieces to each block and the pieces are small. I have a tulip quilt in my album. Once I learned the basics, it was easy to progress to small pieces and more integrate patterns.
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