3 steps

1. STEP 1 · MAKE ONE GOOD PIECEA shape, a cut-out, a drawn mark · one strong motif on its own layer is all a textile needs.
2. STEP 2 · REPEAT ITEffects → CUT & PAPER → Pattern. Columns set the scale; Symmetry sets the law · grid, brick, mirror, glide, pinwheel. Jitter loosens the hand.
3. STEP 3 · RETUNE FOREVERPattern lives in the effect stack · click its step any time to change the symmetry, or bake it and cut into the yardage itself.

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