Not only do I blog about crafts, sometimes I even make crafts. I’m not quite sure how I came up with the idea to make a portrait of Mr. T with Perler beads, but after many trips to the craft store, sorting beads and ordering more beads online, he was complete. It took over 10,000 beads to make Mr. T and he is more than two feet high!
Check back tomorrow for more Mr. T crafts!
This is pretty awesome. I have been known to get into a little MR. T action. I mean, I do pity the fool after all.
OK, but how the hell did you melt all the beads together without encountering serious warping? I did an 8×10 perler portrait a while back, and it finished out all warpy.
How big was the peg board you used to assemble the beads?
Blake – there was some warping…after ironing, I stacked a bunch of books across the whole thing. I used 16 of the large interlocking peg boards (29×29 beads each).
Holy guacamole, do I love the Mr. T portrait! I blogged you… I mean I blogged about your blog. You know what I mean.
http://www.handmadewithmalice.blogspot.com
Does anyone know: Where do perler beads originate from and/or what year did were they invented or become popular in?
can you share how you make the beads patterns?
I use PC Stitch – a cross-stitch design program.
wow that might take a whole month or something