Diamond Painting Drill Calculator

Enter your canvas size to see the grid and the total number of drills for square or round drills.

120 × 160 grid = 19,200 drills

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Drill counts for common canvas sizes

CanvasSquare drills (2.5 mm)Round drills (2.8 mm)
20 × 30 cm9,600 (80 × 120)7,597 (71 × 107)
30 × 40 cm19,200 (120 × 160)15,194 (107 × 142)
40 × 50 cm32,000 (160 × 200)25,276 (142 × 178)
50 × 60 cm48,000 (200 × 240)38,092 (178 × 214)
60 × 80 cm76,800 (240 × 320)60,990 (214 × 285)
8 × 10 in8,181 (81 × 101)6,480 (72 × 90)
12 × 16 in19,602 (121 × 162)15,660 (108 × 145)
16 × 20 in32,886 (162 × 203)26,245 (145 × 181)

How the count is worked out

Each side of the canvas is divided by the drill size and rounded down, so a 40 × 50 cm canvas with 2.5 mm square drills is 160 × 200 = 32,000 drills. Buy around 10% extra of each color to allow for drills that get lost or damaged.