Once you have sheared the rounded rectangles, convert them to a path (Object to path) then combine them all (Path -> Combine) Copy this path (ctrl+c) Then follow your steps by drawing the shape (as a stick) with the bezier tool and the rest of the steps are similar. Here is my svg for you to refer ...

Thanks to those who replied. I have been trying to follow the suggestions made, and a few experiments on my own, and am really not getting anywhere with this. I'm going to go back to the books and see if I can figure out a way to do this, as my main purpose in wanting to use Inkscape is to create il...

New to inkscape, trying to figure out how to make a candy cane. I'm basically following this ai tutorial: http://www.kendraschaefer.com/2009/10/illustrator-tutorial-how-to-make-a-vector-3d-candy-cane-for-christmas/#more-513 I created a series of rectangles, filled them with red, used the selection t...