Free mandala SVG files

Choosing a mandala for your size and material

A mandala is a web of thin lines, so the size you cut it at matters more than it does for most shapes. Every file here is 100 mm on its longer side, and each design page lists its narrowest part at that size. Double the size and that part doubles too.

For adhesive vinyl and heat transfer vinyl, the simple bold mandala, the two stencils and the daisy cut and weed well from about 75 mm across. The lace, monogram and sunflower designs have many small cells, so cut them at 150 mm or more, use a sharp blade and weed from the centre outwards. On a laser, any of them work in 3 mm plywood at 150 mm; at smaller sizes pick the simple bold mandala or a stencil, which have no fine lines to scorch.

One piece, by design

Each ring of petals is tucked behind the ring inside it, the way the petals of a lotus overlap, and every line ends on another line. That is why each single-colour mandala here lifts off the mat as one connected piece, with no loose rings or dots to place by hand. The layered designs are the exception: each layer is its own piece.

Layered mandalas

The layered files hold one group per layer, in stacking order from the base up. Cut each layer from a different colour of card, then stack them with glue for a flat result or with foam pads for a shadow between the layers. On the layered 3D mandala all four layers share the same scalloped edge, so lining up the edges lines up the pattern.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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