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Valentine · original design
Heart Perler Bead Pattern
A compact heart pairs a dark stepped contour with a pink field, red inset and four small white glints around a centered pointed base.
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Perler bead material list
Exact per-color counts for the 21×21 grid, so you can sort cups before you start. Switch the brand above to remap codes, colors and totals on this page.
- Black
P1846 beads - Hot Coral
P59131 beads - White
P014 beads - Tomato
P21118 beads
Making notes
Start the 21×21 heart with the paired dark lobe caps and leave the center notch open through row 5. Count the 18 red inset beads and four white glints before filling the pink field; support the single dark bottom point while the piece cools.
This heart Perler bead pattern gives makers a clean love motif with a visible inner color field rather than a flat single-color icon. The 21×21 editable matrix contains 199 occupied cells across four source roles, with symmetrical lobes, a center notch and a narrow bottom point for cards, charms and beginner projects.
Lay the two dark F lobe caps on rows 3–5, then fill the pink P shoulders while keeping the center notch open. Add the red R inset from its upper corners toward the middle, place the paired white W glints, and taper the lower pink field row by row until the single dark point closes the heart. The notch is the blank cell at row 5, column 11; row 6 is the first uninterrupted bridge across the heart. Keep the two four-cell top caps balanced, leave the diagonal corner cells empty, and do not widen the centered R block into the dark outer contour as the lower rows narrow.
Pattern layout and bead count
The final chart is 21×21 with 199 beads and fits one standard 29×29 square board. Occupied cells span rows 3–20 and columns 3–19, leaving two blank columns on each side plus two top and one bottom guide rows; no occupied edge is cropped. Checkpoints: Rows 3–5: keep the paired four-cell F lobe caps, diagonal shoulders and the blank row-5 center notch aligned. Rows 6–8: verify the first full bridge, the four W glint cells and the widening R inset before filling the pink field. Rows 9–10: keep the centered three-cell red rows inside the pink field; rows 11–14 contain only the pink fill and dark contour. Rows 15–20: taper the lower contour to the single F point and reconcile 131 P, 46 F, 18 R and 4 W beads.
Ways to customize this pattern
Try berry and cream or coral and plum while keeping the pink-field role distinct from the smaller inset. Preserve the two open lobes, paired glints and single bottom point; put names or dates on a backing card rather than across the notch.
Pink P is the main field at 131 beads, Dark F traces the 46-cell contour, Red R forms an 18-cell inset, and White W supplies four paired glints. Sort the two bright accent roles separately so the inner red shape and the small highlight remain easy to count after Brand remapping.
Print and iron checklist
The lobe caps and one-cell bottom point have less support than the broad middle rows. Fuse each upper lobe toward the bridge, make a short pass over the R inset, and cool the pointed base flat before lifting so the notch stays open and the tip does not lean. Before export, verify the 21×21 coordinates, 199-bead total and all 4 active color roles against the on-page material list.
Project ideas for Heart
Use this heart as a Valentine card centerpiece, friendship-charm tile, gift-tag insert, classroom symmetry exercise or a repeating border unit. Place a loop behind the upper bridge without filling the notch, and keep names or dates on a separate backing so the four-role geometry remains unchanged.
The source grid uses P and the other design symbols only as internal color roles. The interactive chart replaces them with the selected manufacturer codes, while its material list combines any roles that map to the same bead color.
