Loop the Loop Quilt Block Tutorial - Version 2.0

Today let's look at a second version of the Loop the Loop quilt block. A few days ago I did a tutorial for the Loop the Loop block and realized there was more than one way to sew it together. (You can check out the first version at https://fabric406.com/blogs/fabric406-blog/free-tutorial-loop-the-loop-quilt-block. I now have a PDF pattern available of the first version in my Etsy shop. Check it out at: https://tidd.ly/4b3SI7i.)

I think this is an easy block to sew together especially since you don't have seams to match up. So here's version 2.0!

Fabric Requirements for a 12" Finished Loop the Loop (Version 2.0) Quilt Block:

• Light/Ivory: 4 - 2.5" x 4.5" rectangles, and 2 - 2.5" squares
• Light/Gold: 1 - 2.5" x 8.5" rectangle, and 1 - 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle
• Medium/Gold: 1 - 2.5" x 8.5" rectangle, and 1 - 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle
• Dark/Green: 2 - 2.5" x 6.5" rectangles, 4 - 2.5" x 4.5" rectangles, and 2 - 2.5" squares

Sewing Directions:

Strip Units:

Step 1:

On the back of a Light/Ivory 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle mark a 45 degree diagonal line from the bottom right corner toward the center. Sew the rectangle to the Light/Gold 2.5" x 8.5" rectangle along the marked line as shown in the left image. Make sure you have the orientation of the fabrics and marked line as shown. Repeat with the Medium/Gold 2.5" x 8.5" rectangle.

Fold the Light/Ivory rectangle along the marked line and press (right image). Also repeat with the Medium/Gold and Light/Ivory strip.

Step 2:

Trim away the excess seam allowance and refold as shown in the picture below.

Three Patch Units:

Step 3:

Sew together the Light/Ivory 2.5" squares with the Dark/Green 2.5" squares and press the seam allowance toward the Dark/Green fabric as shown below. Repeat for a total of two units.

Step 4:

Sew a Dark/Green 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle to one of the Step 3 two patch units and press the seam allowance toward the Dark/Green rectangle as shown in the picture below. Repeat for a total of 2 Three Patch units. Make sure you have your orientation of the fabrics as shown.

Rectangle Units:

Step 5:

Sew a Dark/Green 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle to a Light/Ivory 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle and press the seam allowance toward the Dark/Green rectangle as shown in the picture below. Repeat for a total of two units.

Step 6:

Lay out and sew together one Step 4 Three Patch unit, a Step 5 unit, and the Light/Gold 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle as shown in the left image below. Repeat substituting the Medium/Gold 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle for the Light/Gold rectangle. Press the seam allowances toward the center of the unit as shown in the left image below.

Putting It All Together:

Step 7:

Match up the Step 6 units with the Step 2 Strip units as shown in the picture below.

 

Step 8:

Sew the Steps 2 and 6 units together and press the seam allowance toward the Step 2 unit as shown in the picture below. You will have two units.

Step 9:

Sew a Dark/Green 2.5" x 6.5" rectangle to the bottom of each of the Step 8 units as shown below. Press the seam allowance toward the Dark/Green rectangle. You how have two halves of the block.

Step 10:

Rotate one half block 180 degrees so it looks like the picture below.

Step 11:

Sew the two halves together and...

Step 12:

Press the seam allowance whichever direction you prefer - even open if you want. You're done!

This block makes an awesome quilt! For layout examples check out the first tutorial at https://fabric406.com/blogs/fabric406-blog/free-tutorial-loop-the-loop-quilt-block

Conclusion:

This method of constructing the Loop the Loop block has fewer seams and so goes together a bit quicker. I did have issues getting the center two strips to line up but that could be operator error-lol! You can probably see where I took a little tuck and it still didn't end up perfect! I still like this block and enjoyed putting it together. 

I have some of these same scraps leftover from another quilt so I'm thinking I'll make a few more blocks for a quilt.

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