Christmas RAPPing Blog Hop (+Giveaway)! (Friday Foto Fun #82)

Merry Christmas in May!  Welcome to my stop in the Christmas RAPPing blog hop, that's all about Reverse Applique and Paper Piecing.   Nan Baker and Margaret Brewster Willingham wrote this fun Christmas themed book!

I decided to make the Radiant Wreath wall hanging.  The entire wreath is reverse appliqued which means instead of cutting out the shape and appliquing it to the background, you cut away the background so the color shows through.   The printed version of the book will have a full-sized copy of the wreath to trace, but since I was working off a PDF I had to tape my pieces together.

Once I traced the design to my adhesive, I ironed the adhesive to the back of the white fabric and cut away the shapes.  Then I ironed it to green fabric to create the wreath!  It's a pretty neat process and definitely more precise on placement than traditional applique.  I waited to get the entire quilt finished before I zigzag-ed the raw edges, so I counted the zigzag as part of my quilting.

Around the center wreath, there is a keyboard of red, white, and green of different strips and the corners are paper pieced stars with an applique center.

The finished quilt looks so fabulous and I can't wait to hang it up this winter!  I opted not to put a bow on my wreath just yet because this quilt is going to be folded for storage.  The pattern has instructions on how to create a fabric bow for the wall hanging.

The book is sponsored by Island Batik Fabrics, Aurifil Threads and June Tailor, Inc.  Two lucky winners will win 3 spools of Aurifil Thread, 9 fat quarters from Island Batik and a bonus kit!
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You can find more on this book at www.eobquiltdesign.com and www.purrfectspots.com.  (Click on images to enlarge)

Be sure to visit all the other Christmas RAPP-ers to see their beautiful projects from the book!

• April 29 - Joan Kawano, Moosestash Quilting
• April 30 - Linda Pearl, One Quilting Circle
• May 1 - KathyBruckman, Kathy’s Kwilts and More
• May 2 - Bea Lee, Beaquilter
• May 3 - Sherry Shish, Powered by Quilting <- YOU ARE HERE!
• May 4 - Jennifer Strauser, Dizzy Quilter
• May 5 - Barbara Gaddy, Bejeweled Quilts
• May 6 - Nancy Myers, Patchwork Breeze
• May 7 - Vicki Schlimmer, Vicki’s Crafts and Quilts
• May 8 - Gail Sheppard, Quilting Gail
• May 9 - Michelle Roberts, Creative Blonde
• May 10 - Maryellen McAuliffe, Mary Mack Made Mine
• May 11 - Denise Looney, For the Love of Geese
• May 12 - Maria Hrabovsky, Maria Michaels Design

Which project are you most excited about?!