Stroking a path with a pattern.

[rickk]

Just wondering if I am overlooking something. 

 In the following sketch: 

#1  is the pattern I am using, 

#2  is an example of how I would  like the final appearance of my stroked path, to appear

#3  is an example  stroked path, depicting the misalignment that I am hoping to correct

#4  is where I believe my problem is, the pattern actually arranges itself in a symmetric grid,  and the stroked path is merely a              mask over it, or, perhaps another way to say it is that the path is not "content aware"?

Is there something I am missing that will force the painting of the pattern to follow within the confines of the path?

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Ultimately, I'm hoping to find a way to do something like this, except curved along the specified path



Thanks for your time.