Loops happen and how to fix!
 

Sometimes when quilting a small loop will occur on the back of the quilting and I would always have to
unsew with the seam ripper to correct it. I came up with a solution which I would like to share. This might be a widely known trick but I have never seen tell of it, so here goes.

If you know about this trick, have a little chuckle on my account. I am a practicing quilter and learning as I go.

The first thing to do is to discover a small loop on the back of your quilt. remember this is for loops that are too small to just thread and bury in the fabric.
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Take your favorite needle and thread it with any thread. You want to be long enough to use double, I used 18".
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Send the needle through the quilt loop and tie a small knot in the thread. Now the two threads are joined together.
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Now all you have to do is bury the thread just like normal. I did the traditional single loop knot around the needle but I after doing that I don't think there is a need. Remember the knot on the thread also has to go through the material. Fine thread works the best, it makes a smaller knot and is easier to pop through the material.
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pull the needle through until you hear the pop of the thread.
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Snip the end close to the fabric and you are done!
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I hope this helps anyone who has an occasional loop dilemma.
peace

What a great trick! Thank you for sharing!!! Another of those "why didn't I think of that" moments for me...lol.

great trick! (and love the backing on that quilt!)

That's a great tip. Thank you.

thanks so much for taking the time to post this... I sure can use this

What a clever trick. So much useful information is shared on this board.

Thank you, Thank you!!!! This is needed right now! I've been dreading having to rip out some quilting just for a few long threads.....you are a life-saver!

Thank you so much for giving me the solution to my problem of loops. I have been unsewing and resewing the areas all these years and now I can stop doing that and use your tip. Thanks

Awesome...what a nice tutorial and a nifty trick to have in your back pocket when you need it. : ) Thanks for sharing.

Great tip. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much for this info.

Great tip--thank you!

i pop the loop through by using a needle with a larger eye, insert the needle into the fabric with the eye sticking out, thread the loop through the eye with a needle threader and finish pulling the needle through. Same result as yours but a shorter step.

Gee, this seems like such a logical solution that I wonder why I have not been doing this all along. Thanks for the tute and all the great photos. Hope I remember this when I need it!

I do something very similar, but your version might work even better. Thanks for sharing. No worries about duplicating knowledge, because there's always someone who hasn't tumbled to what you want to share.

Thanks GeeGee, for another step toward improving our workmanship. This is great.
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Awesome tip.

I'm glad I read this thread last week!! As I was working on a quilt for a friends wedding, I found a loop in a part I did a couple days ago. I fixed it using this method -- I had been using one of the "easy thread" needles.

This is much easier --
Thanks -- Mim

This is what I do.

Fantastic! Thank you. That's so much easier than unpicking and starting over - just to have it happen again.

Great trick! Thanks so much for sharing. What a time saver.

Very clever -- I do hate those loops on the back.

Thank You. This will save folks a ton of frustration.

Also the tiniest dab/drop of fraycheck on that thread will keep it in there.

This is an excellent tip Ube. Thank you for sharing it!