| Size | 16 × 15 beads |
|---|---|
| Colours | 6 · Perler |
| Total beads | 157 |
| Difficulty | Beginner (1/5) |
| Finished size | 3.1 × 3 in (8 × 7.5 cm) |
| Pegboards | 1 square 29 × 29 board |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
About this design
The apple is Red with a White shine on the upper left and a little Cherry along the lower right to give it some roundness. A Brown stalk rises from the dip at the top, with a Green leaf to one side. It is a classic back-to-school make and a simple thank-you gift for a teacher, glued to a magnet or a card.
Bead counts: 94 Red, 48 Black, 5 Green, 5 Cherry, 3 Brown and 2 White, 157 beads in all. Buy a few spares of each colour, because the odd bead always rolls away.
Placing the beads
The pattern is 16 × 15, so it sits inside one large square pegboard; centre it so there is a margin all round. Place the stalk and leaf last; they sit above the outline and are easy to knock while you fill the red.
Ironing and finishing
Ironing is a job for an adult. Cover the beads with ironing paper, set a dry iron to medium and move it in slow circles until the beads just begin to merge. Let it cool, turn it over and press the back, then cool it flat under a heavy book. At about 8 × 7.5 cm it makes a fridge magnet or a teacher gift.
Colour plan
Perler 80-19005 Red does the most work, 60% of the 157 beads, followed by Perler 80-19018 Black at 31%. Perler 80-19080 Bright Green (5), Perler 80-15961 Cherry (5), Perler 80-19012 Brown (3) and Perler 80-19001 White (2) are used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. 35% of the grid is left empty.
Working notes
All the beads touch along a full side, so it irons into one solid piece.
Hama and Artkal S equivalents
The nearest Hama and Artkal S colour for each Perler colour in this pattern, measured as ΔE 2000: up to 3 is very close, up to 6 close, up to 10 approximate.
| Perler | Hama | Artkal S |
|---|---|---|
| 80-19018 | H18 ΔE 9.6 · approximate | S13 ΔE 2.9 · very close |
| 80-19012 | H111 ΔE 8.2 · approximate | S16 ΔE 2.3 · very close |
| 80-19080 | H115 ΔE 8.4 · approximate | S122 ΔE 4.8 · close |
| 80-19005 | H114 ΔE 5.0 · close | S34 ΔE 4.7 · close |
| 80-19001 | H01 ΔE 3.1 · close | S01 ΔE 3.3 · close |
| 80-15961 | H114 ΔE 3.1 · close | S85 ΔE 1.6 · very close |
This is an original CraftPatterns design, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: stitch it, share it and gift what you make — please credit craftpatterns.app and don't sell the pattern itself. Want to change it? Open it in the fuse beads editor.
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