I have been making Perler bead designs
for nine years now. I've made well over 1,000 designs ranging from
two inches tall to close to three feet tall based on movies, obscure
cartoons, and even friends. I have looked at “tips and tricks”
that people have written to see if there was something that I could
do to make my stuff better or if there was something I never thought
of that I could implement into my own designs. Turns out the answer
is no. Most are just click bait and offer no useful information for
someone currently making their own projects.
In most cases you'll read the same
advice just said in different ways. I have written a post before
giving some advice for people making designs but now think I could be
far more helpful with the advice I can share with folks because I
actually do this. I'll attempt to break this down into categories
like ironing, designs, colors, and making your designs look clean.
Most of this will be things that I wish I had known when I was
starting and I have made almost every mistake I'm writing about.
