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+Create your own swatch
+======================
+
+1. Download Bootswatch
+------
+Download or clone [Bootswatch](https://github.com/thomaspark/bootswatch).
+
+
+2. Install Bootstrap
+------
+In terminal, navigate to `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/` and run the command `make bootstrap` to download the latest version of Bootstrap.
+
+
+3. Install Bootstrap Dependencies
+------
+If you haven't before, [install npm](https://npmjs.org/). Next, navigate to `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/bootstrap/` and type `npm install` to locally install Bootstrap dependencies (uglify-js, jshint, recess, connect, hogan.js).
+
+
+4. Customize Bootstrap
+------
+Make your customizations to the two files found in `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/swatch/`: `variables.less` and `bootswatch.less`. You can also copy over the less files from an existing theme and modify them.
+
+
+5. Build Customized Bootstrap
+------
+In `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/`, run `make bootswatch`. The compiled CSS files will be created in `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/swatch/`.
+
+You can run the watcher to automatically build Bootstrap whenever changes are saved with `make watcher` (Requires `gem install directory_watcher`).
+
+
+6. Reset Bootstrap
+------
+If you want to reset `variables.less` and `bootswatch.less` to defaults, run `make default`.
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