Thread: Joseph's Coat Quilt- How to piece the points?

You know you're a quilter when ... you're dreaming about the solutions to QB posts at night.

I was thinking about this quilt & the similarities it had to a mini quilt I recently made that involved bias cuts & lining up points. My first attempt was a total disaster & it wasn't even as complex as Joseph's Coat. I ended up making a paper foundation & foundation piecing it together. If I were making the Joseph's Coat pattern, I would probably foundation piece together A & B for each of the 4 segments, then add on a 2nd segment to each foundation. The pattern that maniacquilter linked to suggests clipping along the curve on the B piece even for machine piecing. That makes a lot of sense to me. Beyond that, I would be careful about clipping any points in the center of Joseph's Coat because it's already a weak point without a solid seam. You'll definitely want to later come back & quilt over that center part at least a couple of times to reinforce it. If you rotate all your seams clockwise (or all counter), it should lay flat. You can't press them open in the middle because they will overlap each other & make a bulge.

This is definitely an advanced pattern. If you're struggling with it, why not pick up a yard of cheap muslin at JAF/HL & make a couple practice blocks until you've figured out how to proceed? That's what I'd do anyways.

Good luck! It should be really beautiful when it's finished! Can't wait to see the pictures!