Bead pattern maker

A little image. Something handmade.

Original orange-and-white cat illustration available as a conversion example

From pixels
to a personal project.

Choose an image on the left, set your size, and compare three patterns made right here in your browser.

Original example illustration. Your result is generated from the image.

How to make a bead pattern from an image

Choose and crop. Open a JPEG, PNG or static WebP, or try the cat. A clear subject and simple background make details easier to follow.
Measure your board. Enter horizontal and vertical hole spacing for the single 29 × 29 board. The image keeps its proportions and is centered in the grid.
Compare and edit. Generate three color limits, inspect the pattern, then paint, erase or remove edge-connected background. Undo restores an edit.
Save and print. Download a JSON project to continue later, a PNG preview, or a true-size board PDF with the color key.

Print size depends on the hole spacing you enter. The default board is an unverified demonstration, so measure your own board and check the PDF ruler first. Colors are generic demonstrations, not brand purchasing codes. Images are processed locally and projects are not saved automatically.

Read the bead size and printing guide

The cat, as a bead pattern

This original AI illustration is converted with the same local algorithm as your own image. This is the saved Balanced example with a limit of 8 colors. It is a pattern preview, not a photograph of a finished craft.

Original orange-and-white cat illustration on a transparent background — Source illustration · Original PNG

Actual conversion · 29 × 29 holes

439 beads in 6 colors. At the demonstration pitch of 5 × 5 mm, the grid footprint is 14.50 × 14.50 cm. The span between the first and last peg centers is 14.00 × 14.00 cm; this is not the board’s outer size.

Download the bead sample PDF

Print at 100% or Actual size with Fit to page off. Measure the PDF’s 100 mm calibration line, then compare hole centers with your board before use. White cells contain material; blank cells do not. These demonstration colors are not brand codes. Physical materials, printing and board fit have not been validated.

View the sample color quantities

Generic demonstration materials · counts are beads, not purchase quantities
Symbol	Demo color	Count
A	WhiteDEMO-01	108
E	CaramelDEMO-05	48
F	BrownDEMO-06	57
H	BlackDEMO-08	65
K	SilverDEMO-11	42
R	OrangeDEMO-18	119