May 2012 Tutorial - Create Seamless Patterns in Xara Designer Pro X

[Gare]

Mike, I slummed it, and offer another way, similar to what you proposed:

You put a layer on top of your drawing layer, and then every color shape you add, you do in Transparency>Stained Glass blending mode.

The Xar file attached used a drawing I stylized, filtered and then saved as a bitmap. Then the shapes on top are all Stained Glass. Which is fine only if you don't mind duller colors in areas that are not white on the bottom layer.



—Oooh, the colors, —g