This week I felt like mixing it up a little: a touch of nature, a touch of sweetness, and a dash of animal cuteness. The result is four brand new patterns fresh in the catalogue, each one with its grid, its bead-by-bead colour list and a few tips for putting it together. Perfect for a rainy afternoon, or for getting a head start on your next handmade gifts.
This week’s four new patterns
I’ve gathered them all here, with their size and their colour breakdown counted bead by bead:
Nos 4 nouveautes de la semaine
Papillon bleu et violet
Un papillon aux ailes violettes et bleues, prêt à se poser sur votre plaque de perles à repasser carrée.
Cornet de glace à la fraise
Une boule de glace à la fraise sur son cornet gaufré, à croquer... en perles à repasser !
Poire mûre
Une poire jaune bien mûre, avec sa petite queue brune et sa feuille, pour une plaque carrée toute simple.
Petit chaton gris
Un chaton gris tout rond, assis bien sagement, avec sa bavette blanche et ses oreilles roses.
A perfectly symmetrical butterfly
Let’s start with my favourite of the moment: a butterfly with violet and blue wings, dotted with small pale-yellow spots. It’s a fully symmetrical pattern, so it’s a great way to practise reading a grid outward from the centre. A classic that works just as well as a magnet as it does hanging near a sunny window.
An ice cream that never melts
For this week’s treat, I designed a strawberry ice cream cone, with a scoop dotted in little red flecks and a cone built from two shades of brown to mimic a waffle pattern. A great little exercise in shading a single area with close colours, without it taking forever.
A perfectly ripe pear
From the fruit family, here’s a simple yellow pear, with a small brown stem and a green leaf. The yellow gradient, a touch more golden on the sides, gives it a lovely “just picked” feel on a classic square pegboard.
A kitten made of round shapes
And to finish, a little grey kitten sitting quietly, with pink-lined ears and a white chest patch. I kept the pattern deliberately simple, with no legs or whiskers, so it stays easy to follow even for a first grid made with the kids.
A quick word on colour choices
For these four patterns, I tried to vary the colour families: the butterfly plays on violet and blue, the ice cream cone on pink and brown, the pear on a yellow gradient, and the kitten stays simple in grey and white. If you’ve got a small mixed stash of beads at home rather than a full set of every shade, this is a good excuse to work with what you already have: there’s nothing stopping you from swapping one colour for another from the same family, as long as the contrast with the background stays clear. That’s actually what I love most about fuse beads: every creation still ends up feeling like yours, even when you’re following a grid.
More to explore
If you liked the butterfly, I already put together a whole article on butterfly fuse beads, with plenty more colour combinations to try. And if the kitten is the one who won you over, I also have a full collection of cat fuse beads for fellow cat lovers.
And since we’re right in the middle of falling-leaves season, here are four more patterns from the catalogue that keep that cosy autumn feeling going:
Autres modeles pour prolonger l'automne
Hibou
Un hibou tout rond aux grands yeux, parfait pour une plaque carrée et une déco d'automne pleine de douceur.
Petit hérisson
Un hérisson tout rond et plein de pics à assembler sur une plaque carrée, pour un porte-clés ou un petit aimant plein de caractère.
Pomme de pin
Une pomme de pin toute en écailles brunes sur un fond bleu ciel, pour une déco nature qui tient toute l’année.
Écureuil et sa noisette
Un écureuil tout rond, sa grande queue en panache et sa petite noisette entre les pattes, à réaliser sur une plaque carrée.
As always, every pattern here is ready to use: the grid, the exact bead count per colour, the skill level and the estimated time are all worked out for you, so all that’s left is to grab your square pegboard and your beads. Happy ironing!
