Pinwheel bead pattern

Red and Orange pinwheel vanes around a Yellow hub, with White beads filling the square, in 225 beads.

A square bead chart with red and orange pinwheel vanes, a yellow hub and a filled white background; the colors repeat after a quarter turn.

Place the Yellow hub first, then follow a Red and Orange vane from the centre toward the edge. Repeat its colored cells by rotating the chart a quarter turn. Fill every remaining cell in the square with White beads; the White background is part of the bead count, not an empty peg. Fused beads are plastic and are not guaranteed heat-proof: do not place hot cups directly on this coaster, and test with cool drinks first.

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Colors & bead counts

Exact counts for this design in real Perler colors — 225 beads on a 15×15 grid. Use it as your reading chart, or open it in the maker to export a printable PDF chart.

ColorPerler nameCodeBeads
White80-19001116
Red80-1900556
Orange80-1900444
Yellow80-190039
Total225

How to make it

  1. Set your board width to 15 beads and place the colors above by counting the grid.
  2. Prefer to tweak it? Open the maker, recreate or import the shape, and change colors, size or details — it recounts the beads live.
  3. Fuse with parchment and a warm iron per your bead brand’s instructions, and let it cool flat.

Want something different? Make your own from a photo or a word — the maker matches every cell to a real Perler shade and gives you the color counts and a printable chart.