Posted by Mattie Rhoades on 3rd Mar 2026
Double Irish Chain Quilt Pattern
The Double Irish Chain quilt looks intricate and impressive, but with Quiltsmart printed interfacing, it becomes wonderfully manageable.
Instead of worrying about perfect seams and precise cutting, you’ll stitch directly on printed lines and watch crisp, interlocking chains emerge like magic.
I made a laptop quilt that uses 13 Irish Chain rectangles and 12 background rectangles.
Materials Needed:
- Quiltsmart PiX Smart Grid, I used the 2-1/2" grid
- Green print scrap fabrics cut into 2-1/2" squares (You'll need 25 squares for each rectangle. For this laptop quilt, I used 325 green squares)
- White fabric cut into 2-1/2" squares (You'll need 10 squares for each rectangle. For this laptop quilt, I used 130 white squares)
- 8 rectangles of white fabric cut 6-1/2" x 10-1/2" for the background
- 4 rectangles of white fabric cut 10-1/2" x 10-1/2"
- Neutral thread for sewing
Tools Needed:
- Sewing machine
- Iron
- Pressing surface
- Rotary Cutter and mat
- Small scissors
To start, cut your interfacing grid into 5 x 7 rectangles.
Next, take your green and white squares of fabric and lay them on the grid as shown in the picture above.
Using your pressing sheet, press the squares in place on each of the rectangles.
Lay your Irish chain blocks out on your design wall. Notice how the two bottom squares of one set of blocks line up with the top two squares of the blocks in the next row.
Fill in the gaps with your white background fabric.
The top and bottom row background blocks are cut at 10-1/2" square. The inside background rectangles are cut at 6-1/2" x 10-1/2".
Sew the blocks together in columns, then sew the columns together to finish your quilt top.
Have fun quilting and finishing your Double Irish Chain quilt!
Here is the finished quilt:
The double Irish chain quilt pattern is easy to make with our printed interfacing grid.