Hi, I am new to Inkscape. Have used ArchiCAD architectural software for many years in the business world making designs and plans for buildings . Want to learn to use Inkscape to create patterns to use for making wood scrollsaw plaques.. What are the best tutorials for learning how to make patterns (with text and illustrations) for making wildlife and scriptural patterns to cut out in wood with the scrollsaw?

I guess you'd like to redraw handmade drawings.

Check for tutorials about bezier tool, node tool, eventually tracing bitmaps.

For patterns, see there for example.

Thanks for the info. Using fonts will be important to learn for lettering on wood plaques which will be cut out with a scroll saw. Learning how to make patterns would be secondary and, initially, not as important.  Thanks.