How to fill a shape with image as a background?

[TomRomaniuk]

I am trying to get more familiar with Illustrator in meanwhile. Still have difficulties with some tasks. Please can I ask you advice.

I ve got designed a shape in illustrator which has to be need filled with image like a background. Imagine we have a circle and what I need is to fill only circle with costum picture, how to do that?

many thanks

[_scott_]

Place the circle on top of the image.

Select the image and the circle and choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make

[TomRomaniuk]

I used pen tool- with 1pt strokes. I made a shape:

white area is area I want to fill with pattern you can see on background. In the end have only fill my obejct with this pattern...

EDIT:

More Screen what happened.

EDIT2: I swaped the objects in layer menu up I placed my shape and tried to make cliping mask. result is this, how to apply it for whole shape?

[_scott_]

http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/clipping-masks.html

[TomRomaniuk]

Solved. Thank you. (sorry for later answer)