I want to make one of these, I've been thinking about it for a while. I love the symbolism of them and the beauty. I have the RaNae Merrill book and will get to her method one day - she uses self-drawn twisted cabin type blocks to construct the mandala.
BUT right now I want to make one using some applique on a wholecloth background then lots of FMQ and probably some beads, etc. I've been googling free mandala designs to get to grips with how they work but will draft my own as I think this is a little bit the point of them - the creation of the design is a form of meditation...
Annnn-yyyyy-waaa-yyyy :lol: I thought of drafting my design onto a square of steam a seam directly then cutting up to use as templates but instead of butting the applique pieces up against each other, leaving spaces between them, getting bigger and bigger as they radiate out from the centre. Then these spaces can be filled with FMQ for the swirly bits! And did I say beads? I love beads! :-D
I'll take pics as I go and keep you all informed of my progress (if anyone is interested! :lol: ) and perhaps if it works, do a tute at some stage.
Here are some links to free colouring sites of mandalas in case you're not familiar with them
http://www.coloringcastle.com/mandal...ing_index.html
http://www.free-mandala.com/en/start.html
Thoughts anyone? :-D