does anyone know the easiest pattern for the double irish chain?

I do mine Quilt in a Day!

Quilt in a Day, Eleanor Burns. You cannot go wrong if you follow her steps and do not get ahead of yourself.

I don't have a picture because I've stashed it... I'll try and dig it out and snap a pic... I am doing the DIC for my daughter's wedding -- she is actually my step, but I raised her since she was 5 -- she is of irish descent, and I found some St. Pat's fabric that spoke to me... DIC was the perfect pattern, there are basically two blocks... 25 squares... make 1 less of 1 block (i.e. 18 of one, 17 of other) and lay it out... it will automatically "appear"...
*off to sewing room to find pieces!* BRB

Quick pix with phone, sorry for bad resolution! You get the idea, I am braiding the design thru the black, because when quilting, will write Scripture Passages in black sashing border (she is marrying a pastor-in-training)...

it was a little bit of extra math to get the design to migrate thru the sashing... if you look close, you'll see how many blocks to alter :) most people don't do the extra little tweak in the middle of the lighter block, but I wanted to do something in there that matched.

quilt in a day is the easiest method

Wow, that is pretty. I tried the Quilt in a Day site only to find the pattern there not free. I got one off the internet but don't know how to figure out how to figure the block design for a double quilt.

That easy peasy - measure how wide the width (in other words, how much drop down the sides of your bed do you want?)... then figure out how many blocks across you want (it will be an odd #!)...

you can run some math -- if a 2" width turns into 1.5" after joining, you get 7.5" width (finished after joining) block... x 9 blocks = 67.5 inches... add your sashing at 6" cut (5.5 finished) and you've built it to 79 inches wide already... if that doesn't work, run a different original width (I am doing mine with the strip method, much faster than individual squares)

My Double Irish Chain was done from instructions in "The It's Okay If You Sit On My Quilt Book" by Mary Ellen Hopkins using the strip method.

Pheaseantduster, that is so pretty, I can only dream of making one so pretty. Since you have the book, can you tell me how many strips I will need of each color to make a full size or about that size?

Thanks

Quilt in a Day, Eleanor Burns. Her book has the single and the double irish chain in it. She also gives good cutting charts and sewing instructions. If you follow her instructions step by step you shouldn't have any problems. This is the book I teach with for the beginning quilting students.

I actually have that book, BUT it is in storage and there is no way for me to get to it :?

Does she also have a book for the Triple Irish Chain?

My Mom started a Triple Irish Chain before she passed away, and I have to figure it out. Could be fun!

Quilter's Cache has free printable patterns for double and triple Irish Chain.

Yes Eleanor Burns has a triple Irish Chain book.

thanks so much! I have this book and now I know what I'm going to use it for :)

Wannaquilt1 - have fun making your Irish Chain Quilt - be sure to decide on backing fabric at the start and buy plenty of fabric. I had wanted to use the print but when ready could not find more. I did back my quilt with the dark green and I handquilted with dark green thread. Very effective although does not show up on my photo. I really don't like a solid backing because it picks up any lint within a mile! :cry:
Post a photo when you have completed your quilt.

I just stared making one (Quilt in a day)

yours is so picture perfect! I hope mine can look as nice as yours i'm scared lol. Thank you for the advise... I'm planning on making this for my Irish mom for her birthday so I'm thinking yellows and oranges (yellow is her fav color) and maybe yellow for the back? we shall see :) but i'll buy it when i buy the front fabric thanks for the tip :)