I made the base out of 7 petals (watch BubblyCraf's video on that). Then you do another row of petals by doing a chevron. continue doing the chevron for three rows of the chevron petals. After those rows are done you do a chevron with the first three colors in you petals then three knots of your fourth color, two knots of the fifth color, and one knot of the sixth color. then you knot each string with the color used for the border (in my picture it's the teal). I think I might make a video on how to make a bowl. I hope this helps @LauraLaura!!
if anyone who has posted a mandala flower would allow me to include their picture in my written tutorial (I can add your username in the photo if you don't already have it) let me know. 🙂