1. FILE SET UP INSTRUCTIONS

Load ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

File > New

In the NEW FILE WINDOW do two things

Name your file Pattern Swatches followed by your last name and then your first name name

example: Pattern Swatches Hooker Martina.ai

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2. Follow the instructions below and make up you own!

• Draw a rectangle/square WITHOUT a stroke

• Copy it and fill each shape with the desired colors

• make sure they are perfectly aligned - window > align

• Scale them down to the size you would like them to be in your art

• Drag them into the swatches palette

Now you can fill any shape with your new pattern swatch

You can make your stripes horizontal or vertical depending on how you arrange the rectangles/squares

If you used squares to make your stripes you can copy and paste the two squares and rotate the copies 180 degrees with the rotate tool. Double click on the rotate tool and enter in the degrees for a perfect rotation. You can select "copy" in the rotate window if you didn't copy and paste yet. Line evrything up perfectly and drag it into your swatches palette.

Don't forget NO STROKE!

Think about how big your design is; that's how big it will be when it repeats in the shape you use it for a fill

You can use the same swatch that you used for the simple polka dot. You just need to add another circle that you must first divide into quarters.