Designing plate rims using Layers
If you have worked with a raster graphics program such as The Gimp or Photoshop, you might have used the layers system to view and manipulate different parts of a picture.
In Inkscape, we will find that there is less emphasis on this concept and more on objects. Still, using layers can prove quite handy in some situations and therefore Inkscape provides a system to create and manage them.
In this recipe, our goal will be to draw a kitchen plate with two options for the pattern rim design. This is the drawing with one of the patterns active:
How to do it...
The following steps will show you how to design your plate rims:
1. Open the Fill and Stroke (Shift + Ctrl + F) and Layers dialogs (Shift + Ctrl + L).
2. Create a circle using the Ellipse tool (F5 or E) while holding Ctrl, make it as large as the page. Set its fill to none, its stroke to White (it will blend with the background), and set the stroke width to 150.
3. Duplicate the circle (Ctrl + D). Set its stroke...