Vinyl Wallpaper for a Really Tiny House

This workshop introduces you to Tiled Clones in Inkscape. We'll use the tool today to create a vinyl wallpaper for your really tiny house, and we hope you'll explore the tool more in making other designs, like desktop/website wallpapers.

Download the template

Choose a base image to tile

You can create a base image with the shape, letter and Bezier tools

Or, you can find a base image using a Google Image search

Did you download an image? You'll need to use Path>Trace Bitmap. Use 2 Scans, Grays, and Remove Background, select Update, and OK. After the trace, delete the original.

Did you want to combine shapes that overlap? You'll need to use Path>Union. Are you having trouble with Union? Try Object>Ungroup to ungroup the shapes first, then try Union again.

Check your image and lines by selecting your object, then Object>Fill and Stroke. Turn off Fill, and under Stroke, select Flat Color.

Tiling

If you have more than one shape, you should now group them by selecting all shapes, and selecting Object>Group.

Now, select Edit>Clone>Create Tiled Clones. In the Symmetry tab, try out different options in the drop down.

Try using different amounts for rows and columns. If you don't like the outcome, you can always select Remove, and if you want to go back to default settings, you can select Reset.

When you have a design you like, you can discard the base image by selecting Edit>Clone, Original, and on the keyboard, select Delete. 

Save as DXF and SVG

The SVG is to make changes later, and the DXF is for the vinyl cutter.