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January 14, 2020
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Trying to make a pattern brush

  • January 14, 2020
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I am trying to make an Illustrator pattern brush and can't figure it out. I want it to look like a knitted chain stitch. I followd a tutorial on Lynda, but it's still not coming out correctly. What am I doing wrong? I have the no fill, no stroke box behind my brush parts, but in the resulting brush, the stacking order isn't right.

 

 

 

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Correct answer Monika Gause

It's the wrong direction.

And you really only need these two objects: invisible rectangle and one of the stitches. Then create the pattern brush, but the direction needs to be like this:

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Ashutosh_Mishra
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January 14, 2020

Hi there,

 

Glad to hear your issue is now resolved. I'd also recommend checking out the help article https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/how-to/illustrator-create-pattern-brush.html for more information about creating pattern burshes.

Hope it helps.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

Monika Gause
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January 14, 2020

It's the wrong direction.

And you really only need these two objects: invisible rectangle and one of the stitches. Then create the pattern brush, but the direction needs to be like this:

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    January 14, 2020

    Perfect! Thanks so much. It worked great.

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