How do I make an svg into a shape to fill

[Shazza]

I’m new to this programme and I have an svg I have imported but I think I need to make it into a shape in order to fill it with another svg for a pattern design I have purchased from creative fabrics. I’ve googled but I’m really struggling to work this out myself. Any help would be much appreciated. Not sure if I have explained this correctly 🤦‍♀️

bear shape.svg

[NotMyFault]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

when you open the svg file in Affinity Designer (or Photo), it shows a group with 2 curve layers.

the only thing to do is using geometry-subtract to substract the ear circle, to have a single curve.

 

But using svg or any vector shape as fill pattern (in the sense of automatically repeating one shape) is not possible.

you can use the fill tool and bitmap files, or pattern layers from bitmap objects, to get pattern fills.

In case you really need a vector based fill, you would need to manually repeat the shape to the required number, e.g. using power duplicate. Then you can simply nest these as child layers into your bear shape.

I hope this helps, otherwise please let me know if  i didn‘t understood the question correctly.

 

[Shazza]

Thank you so much for your reply and help, not sure how I’ve done it but it’s worked 😉