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Whale bead pattern

A Light Blue whale with a White belly, a Sky water spout, a Black eye and a raised tail.

A Light Blue whale with a White belly, a Sky water spout, a Black eye and a raised tail, on a pegboard grid.

Place the Light Blue body and raised tail first, then fill the White belly. Add the Sky spout above the head and the Black eye on the left.

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Colors & bead counts

Exact counts for this design in real Perler colors — 190 beads on a 22×17 grid. Use it as your reading chart, or open it in the maker to export a printable PDF chart.

ColorPerler nameCodeBeads
Light Blue80-19009159
White80-1900119
Sky80-1521611
Black80-190181
Total190

How to make it

  1. Set your board width to 22 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.

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