Construction:  P&B Century of Progress fabrics.  Quilted with various colors of Sulky rayon and perle cotton.   Original mandala design.

Inspiration: I made this quilt based on the novel "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand.  I began this quilt wiith one thing in mind, to make my husband a wall quilt for his office that would help calm him at his stressful job.  I've been studying mandalas, and their various uses in meditation, decorative arts, and spiritual applications.  So I combined the two to make a quilted mandala for him that would be beautiful to look at, would draw him into the calm center, and also provide an energetic focal point for his busy office.  So I chose the Fountainhead which is one of his favorite novels, and one of the few Ayn Rand  novels I've actually finished.
To me the whirling energy of the central image as well as the historically themed fabrics I chose to represent the era during which the book was written, come together to show the underlying themes of the book.


A book I wish I had had when I constructed this quilt is an older one by Katie Pasquini,  "Mandala Quilt Designs" (you can click on the title and buy it at Amazon.)
Some other mandala books that I've enjoyed for study and inspiration are:
Creating Mandalas: For Insight, Healing & Self-Expression by Susanne Fincher

Everyone's Mandala Coloring Book: Volume 1 by Monique Mandali


Ayn Rand Mandala
June 2001
50"h x 40.5"w

Detail of center star.  Quilted in center with a spiral of bobbin fed perle cotton.
Construction:  P&B Century of Progress fabrics.  Quilted with various colors of Sulky rayon and perle cotton.   Original mandala design.

Inspiration: I made this quilt based on the novel "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand.  I began this quilt wiith one thing in mind, to make my husband a wall quilt for his office that would help calm him at his stressful job.  I've been studying mandalas, and their various uses in meditation, decorative arts, and spiritual applications.  So I combined the two to make a quilted mandala for him that would be beautiful to look at, would draw him into the calm center, and also provide an energetic focal point for his busy office.  So I chose the Fountainhead which is one of his favorite novels, and one of the few Ayn Rand  novels I've actually finished.
To me the whirling energy of the central image as well as the historically themed fabrics I chose to represent the era during which the book was written, come together to show the underlying themes of the book.


A book I wish I had had when I constructed this quilt is an older one by Katie Pasquini,  "Mandala Quilt Designs" (you can click on the title and buy it at Amazon.)
Some other mandala books that I've enjoyed for study and inspiration are:
Creating Mandalas: For Insight, Healing & Self-Expression by Susanne Fincher

Everyone's Mandala Coloring Book: Volume 1 by Monique Mandali