About GridBead
GridBead is a free online Perler and fuse bead pattern maker. It turns photos or hand-drawn ideas into printable bead patterns with real Perler, Hama, and Artkal colors, automatic bead counts, and pegboard planning. It runs in the browser, so there is nothing to install and no account to create.
Product Facts
- Product
- Perler and fuse bead pattern maker
- Type
- Browser-based web app (nothing to install)
- Price
- Free
- Account
- Not required
- Bead brands
- Perler, Hama, and Artkal color palettes
- Photo conversion
- Yes — photos become bead patterns
- Bead counting
- Automatic, per color
- Pegboard planning
- Yes — standard 29 × 29 boards
- Printing
- Printable pattern sheets
- Languages
- English, 中文 (Chinese), 日本語 (Japanese)
What You Can Do With GridBead
Draw bead patterns
Draw charts bead by bead on the grid using real brand colors, with tools built for pixel-art-style pattern making.
Convert photos to patterns
Upload a photo and the converter matches it to real palette colors, producing a chart with per-color bead counts.
Count beads and plan pegboards
Every pattern lists how many beads of each color it needs, and the pegboard calculator works out how many 29 × 29 boards the finished piece takes.
Browse ready-made patterns
A gallery of free, ready-to-make patterns — hearts, mushrooms, ducks, stars, and more — each with its own printable detail page.
Follow patterns while you craft
The bead-along view highlights one color at a time and tracks the beads you have placed, from the first bead to the final iron.
Make pixel text and QR codes
Turn short text into pixel lettering, or generate scannable QR code patterns that work with real beads.
Independent Tool
GridBead is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Perler, Hama, or Artkal. Brand and color names are used only to identify bead colors accurately so your shopping list matches the beads you can buy.
Every feature described on this site is available free of charge. GridBead does not ask for an account, and patterns are made to be printed and crafted with physical beads.