12 Days of Christmas, yo-yo style

I fell in love with the 12 Days of Christmas panel by Kate Spain the second I saw it.  I was jubilant to find a free pattern for a wall hanging, but uh-oh what’s that in the center?  Applique!  EEK! I am a lover of applique, or I should say of OTHER’s applique.  I do enjoy the occasional raw edge, fused project.  But hand applique is just not in my love-of-quilting tool kit; maybe one day