How to get cross square pattern effect in AI?

Hi Guys,
Please see the following screen shot. This effect how I can get in Illustrator CS4? Since there is no direction I am drawing lines manually.
FYI: I tried to create swatch for this. But not giving right results.
So, I just want to know whether is there any way to get this effect easily or this is the only way what I have now?
Please share your opinions.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
HARI

Hi Jacob Bugge
Thanks for your reply. You mean that I did not create the swatch correctly?
FYI: I crated swatch like, how Mike Gondek told.
   1. To make a pattern of this draw a square with no fill or stroke on top of your lines.
   2. Cut the square, select the lines, and use paste in back
   3. Select the lines and the square and drag this to your swatches palette, you will get a icon for a pattern swatch
The empty square defines the bounding box for your pattern, and must be the backmost element in your selection.
Hi Mike Gondek
Could you please explain clearly, how I can use the Transform Effect. Because I do have different type of objects like following screen shot. If you see the marked red color area, for that how I can apply this transform effect.
Regards
HARI

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