“Pattern brushes Paint a pattern—made of individual tiles—that repeats along the path. Pattern brushes can include up to five tiles, for the sides, inner corner, outer corner, beginning, and end of the pattern”
Explanation of the different types of brushes: http://bit.ly/h469EC
1. Create square with no fill and black stroke to contain the pattern.
2. Draw the stroke element within the square. To have a smooth repeat the left and right parts should align.
3. Remove the stroke for the guide square.
4. Select all the elements. The guide square and inside lines.
5. Drag to the Brushes palette to make a new brush. Select Pattern Brush.
6. Under Colourisation Method, select Tints to be able to change the colour of the stitches.
7. To make a basic brush with no corner elements, accept the default settings.
8. If you want to have inside and outside corner parts add the elements to the Swatch palette. Double click the brush you want to change in the Brushes palette and add corner elements from the Swatch palette in the list that appears.
9. Test with a curved path.
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