Free fuse-bead pattern studio

Turn any photo into a ready-to-iron bead pattern

Drop in a picture, pick your bead brand, print the sheet. PixelPegs maps every pixel to real bead color codes — and can limit the whole pattern to the colors already sitting in your box. Works with Perler, Hama, Artkal, Nabbi & Mard.

  • ✓ No signup, no watermark
  • ✓ Photos never leave this page
  • ✓ 648 real bead colors
  1. 1Add a picture
  2. 2Tune the look
  3. 3Edit beads
  4. 4Print & iron
No picture yet — the bead box below is a live sample.

Drop a photo here

or paste one from the clipboard — everything stays on your device

No picture handy? Start with one of these:
View mode — drag to pan · scroll or pinch to zoom
Quick colors · most used first
Welcome! Pick a sample or upload a photo to begin.

From photo to pegboard in four moves

1

Drop a picture in

Photo, screenshot, or existing pixel art — drag it in or paste it. It never leaves your browser.

2

Tune the look

Pick a style, set the width, cap the colors — and uncheck any bead color you don't own. The pattern updates live.

3

Fix any bead

Paint, erase, flood-fill and pick colors right on the board. Undo is unlimited-ish (100 steps), so experiment freely.

4

Print & iron

Grab the pattern sheet with rulers and codes, the shopping list, or print at true 5 mm bead size and build row by row.

Built for the way beaders actually work

The big one

Only the colors already in your box

Every other converter hands you a shopping list of colors you don't have. Tick what you own in “My bead box” and PixelPegs rebuilds the whole pattern from exactly those beads — no substitutions, no surprises mid-build.

Pixel-perfect

Pixel art stays pixel art

Pixel-art mode locks onto your file's own grid by default, and resizes with crisp nearest-neighbor edges — no re-blurring, no dithering. What you drew is what you iron.

Print-ready

Sheets you can build from

Row & column rulers, a code in every cell, a counted legend, and a true-size print with a 50 mm scale bar so you can trust the paper.

Private by design

Nothing ever leaves your device

No uploads, no accounts, no analytics on your images — the entire engine runs in this page. Close the tab and it's gone; works offline once loaded.

Questions, answered

Which bead brands does PixelPegs support?
Perler (102 colors), Hama (80), Artkal A-series (145), Nabbi (30) and Mard 291-series (291) — 648 colors in total, each with its official code. Switch brands any time; the pattern regenerates against the new chart.
How does “My bead box” work?
Open the panel and uncheck any color you don't own. Every generation then maps pixels only onto the checked colors, and the materials list only ever shows beads you already have. “Select all” brings everything back.
Photo mode vs. Pixel art mode — which do I pick?
Photo mode smoothly resamples pictures (camera shots, illustrations) to your chosen width and offers Cartoon, Classic and dithered Detail styles. Pixel art mode is for files that are already sprites: it starts at the source grid (a 32×32 icon becomes a 32×32 pattern) and resizes with crisp nearest-neighbor edges — never blurred, never dithered.
How big can patterns get?
Flip on “XL projects” to go up to 300 beads wide (90,000 beads) for wall-size art; the slider defaults to a friendly 10–100 for everyday builds. Presets like 29, 58 and 87 line up with 1, 4 and 9 Classic square boards, and the materials panel always shows the exact board count and finished size in centimeters.
What does “print at real bead size” mean?
Your browser prints each cell at the brand's true pitch (5 mm for Perler/Hama/Artkal A/Nabbi, 2.6 mm for Mard 291). Use the 50 mm scale bar to verify, then lay the sheet under your board or ironing paper and place beads straight from the page.
Is it really free? Where do my photos go?
Free, no signup, no watermark. All conversion happens in your browser with plain JavaScript — images are never uploaded, stored or shared. Color values are community-measured approximations, so double-check tricky shades against your physical beads.

Start a blank board

Draw your own pattern bead by bead.