One of the big atttractions for people who play The Sims series of game titles is the amount of freedom that is given to customize the game's characters and enviroments. Today Electronic Arts announced that a new content tool for The Sims 3 will be released this summer that will allow players of the people sim game to make their own patterns to be put into the game and its expansions.

The Pattern Tool can use the many images in the game's sticker library to create and customize patterns that can later be put into your Sims' homes, furniture, clothes and more. Players can also import their own images into the pattern tool. Once completed, players can share their custom Sims 3 patters with other players.