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Dawntv
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March 2, 2023
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Using a Pattern Swatch to make another Pattern Swatch

  • March 2, 2023
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Hello, I made a pattern swatch in Illustator and added it to my Swatches panel.

I now want to use it as if I would use a color in a shape.  After filling my shape with my pattern swatch, I now want to make a new tile using everything I just stated (shapes filled with my previously made design.) and then save another pattern swatch...so it's like saving a pattern swatch into a new pattern swatch.  Is that possible?

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 2, 2023

You cannot use a pattern as part of a new pattern. But it is possible to fill objects with multiple pattern fills on top of each other in the Appearance panel.

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    DawntvAuthor
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    March 3, 2023

    Thank you. I'll see what the Appearance panel can do.  

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    DawntvAuthor
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    March 3, 2023

    The Appearance panel didn't help solve my problem, however, I practiced using a simple shape (star) that was filled with my 1st texture swatch and made a seamless pattern tile using the textured stars (Photo A). I saved it in the Swatches panel and filled a random rectangle with the  seamless pattern from the Swatches panel (Photo B).  I know the example is a simple pattern, nothing fancy, but it worked.

    In my initial problem, I did not have a simple shape, but a shape that I United using the Pathfinder tool.  Maybe that was the problem?

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