Designing Repeated Patterns

Creating Repeated Patterns

Using the border function, you can create repeated patterns.

1. Touch [Edit], and then touch .

   

2. Select the direction in which the pattern will be repeated.

   
   1. Vertical direction
   2. Horizontal direction (Horizontal Direction)
   • The pattern direction indicator will change depending on the direction selected.

3. Use to repeat the pattern above and to repeat the pattern below.

   To delete above pattern, touch .

   To delete below pattern, touch .

   
   1. Key to cancel pattern repeating

4. Adjust the spacing of the repeated pattern.

   To widen spacing, touch .

   To tighten spacing, touch .

5. Complete repeated patterns by repeating steps 2 through 4.

6. Touch [OK].

   • When there are two or more patterns, all patterns will be grouped together as one pattern in the red frame.
     

Horizontal Direction

Use to repeat the pattern to the left and to repeat the pattern on the right.

To delete patterns from the left, touch .

To delete patterns from the right, touch .

1. Spacing keys
2. Key to cancel pattern repeating

Repeating One Element of a Repeated Pattern

By using the Cut function, you can select one element of a repeated pattern and repeat only that single element.

1. Touch and create repeated patterns. (Creating Repeated Patterns).

2. Choose the direction in which the repeated pattern will be cut.

   
   1. Touch to cut horizontally.
   2. Touch to cut vertically.
   • The pattern direction indicator will change depending on the direction selected.

3. Use and to select the cut line. And then touch .

   
   • The repeated pattern will be divided into separate elements.

4. Touch .

   

5. Use and to select the element to repeat.

   

6. Repeat the selected element.

   
   
   

7. Touch [OK].

   • Once you have cut a repeated pattern into separate elements, you cannot return to the original repeated pattern.