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How big is a perler bead pattern from a photo, and how many beads?

Updated · Photo Pattern Maker

Each midi bead is 5 mm, so a pattern 40 beads wide is 20 cm (8 inches) and needs four square pegboards. Photos need about 40 to 58 beads across to stay recognisable; cartoons and logos work from 29.

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  1. 01 Your photo

  2. 02 Craft and size

  3. 03 Preview

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Size, boards and beads

PatternWidthBoardsBeads
29 × 2914.5 cm (5.7 in)1 square pegboard (29 × 29)841 beads
40 × 4020 cm (7.9 in)4 square pegboards (29 × 29)1600 beads
58 × 5829 cm (11.4 in)4 square pegboards (29 × 29)3364 beads
80 × 8040 cm (15.7 in)9 square pegboards (29 × 29)6400 beads
116 × 11658 cm (22.8 in)16 square pegboards (29 × 29)13456 beads

Perler, Hama or Artkal?

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Steps

  1. Pick a photo with one clear subject. Bold, simple pictures work best: a pet's face, a logo, a cartoon. Crop close to the subject; 29 to 58 beads wide keeps it to one to four boards.
  2. Upload it on the photo to perler bead pattern page and choose the width and how many colors. The preview updates as you change them.
  3. Get the full pattern: After that the full pattern is ⁠$1.99⁠ on its own, or from ⁠$0.20⁠ a pattern with credits (⁠$4.99⁠ for 15). Credits never expire.
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