This week, the workshop table has been busy: four brand-new patterns just joined the catalogue, and it felt like the perfect moment to show them off alongside a few community favourites. Twelve grids in total, sorted into three little families, so you can pick based on today’s mood: craving something sweet, feeling like spotting the garden’s tiniest residents, or looking up at the sky? Every pattern linked below opens onto its full grid, a bead-by-bead colour count, and all the practical details (skill level, pegboard, ironing time) so you can get started without a second thought. Here is this week’s pick, ready to print or save for the next rainy afternoon.
Sweet treats
A bright red little strawberry, fresh out of the workshop this week: a compact grid, great for practicing top-to-bottom symmetry. It joins the spotted mushroom, the checkered heart and the pink flower, three classics that always find their place in a pretend-play fuse bead kitchen. If fruit patterns are your thing, I gathered a whole bunch of them in this dedicated post — plenty to round out your own fruit basket.
Sweet treats
Strawberry
A juicy red strawberry, perfect for a pretend-play fuse bead kitchen.
Spotted Mushroom
A classic red mushroom with white spots, quick and easy to bead.
Checkered Heart
A red and cream checkered heart, a graphic little decor piece on a square pegboard.
Pink Flower
A simple six-petal flower, perfect for a beginner square pegboard.
Little garden residents
The purple-winged butterfly is this week’s second newcomer, designed to play with mirror symmetry. It joins the little hedgehog, the little blue tit and the little owl, three garden regulars that work beautifully as a mobile or a garland for a kids’ room. For a whole workshop on the theme, head over to the butterfly roundup, with more than ten variations ready to print.
Little garden residents
Butterfly
A cheerful purple and blue butterfly, perfect for a square pegboard.
Little Hedgehog
A round little hedgehog with shaded spikes, made on a square pegboard.
Little Blue Tit
A little blue tit perched on its branch, with a bright blue cap and a sunny yellow belly.
Little Owl
A round little owl with big eyes, a sweet project for a cosy autumn evening.
Sun, sky and seasons
The last two newcomers look upward: a radiant sun ready to become a window suncatcher, and a curved rainbow that makes a nice change from more geometric shapes. They join the sparkling star and the maple leaf, already well settled into the catalogue. For more ideas on what to do with your finished grids, I shared fourteen décor ideas that give these little creations a second life.
Sun, sky and seasons
Sun
A radiant two-tone sun in yellow and orange, ready to brighten up any pegboard.
Rainbow
A gradient rainbow from red to blue, ready to brighten up any room.
Sparkling Star
A big golden star with a white glint and three little shooting stars scattered around it.
Maple Leaf
A warm red-and-orange maple leaf, a little piece of autumn to keep on your shelf all year.
Twelve patterns, three moods, and plenty to keep an afternoon craft session with the kids busy. As always on the site, one square equals one bead, the colour count is worked out automatically from each grid, and every pattern lists the pegboard and recommended ironing time — no guesswork, just beads you can place with confidence. Feel free to mix and match across the families to build your own daily tray: a strawberry, a hedgehog and a little sun always make a lovely trio on the shelf. And if a pattern sparks an idea for a variation of your own (different wing colours, a polka-dot heart instead of a checkered one), go for it: that’s half the fun of fuse beads, making a pattern your own with whatever colours you have on hand. Happy beading, and see you soon for more grids!
