We might as well finish up the wreath at this point! Some people enjoy decorating wreaths, so let’s throw some ornaments on here. I should also note that I adjusted the circle’s Stroke width to adjust the thickness of this pattern. Here’s my finished wreath bristle pattern. Since we have the Mid Markers set, it’ll just add more of the bristle pattern, so just keep adding nodes until you get desirable results. With the markers assigned, select your circle with the Nodes tool and click the Add nodes button.

This is where you’ll be able to assign your custom objects as a Start Marker and Mid Marker. With your circle selected, head over to Fill and Stroke and click the Stroke style tab. Also, head up to Path > Object to Path to convert this circle to some nodes. We’ll be doing a simple circular wreath, so just use the Ellipse tool to draw a perfect circle (hold Control and drag).

With your group selected, head up to Object > Objects to Marker to move this over to the markers. Select the square/bristles and Control+G to group those together. I won’t lie… this took a good amount of tinkering to make it look just right for the upcoming pattern. You’ll notice that I did the original green for the top layer (the dark green was just to add some depth). Then proceed to fill the square with even more bristles.

Pencil drawing with inkscape