Fuse Bead Patterns: Guides & Tips

Once the beads are on the pegboard, the iron does the rest, and that’s the step that’s easiest to get wrong. These guides cover how hot and how long to iron, when to stop at open centers and when to melt the piece flat, why a piece curls as it cools and how to keep it flat, and how to iron a big piece across linked pegboards.

Small designs can also become keychains, with a hanging hole left open as you iron or made afterward, or fridge magnets with a strip on the back.