[Jims5543]

When I remodeled my master bath we wore out some walls and had to patch a 6'x6' section of ceiling. We had the same texture as you, my BIL used to work on a framing crew. He is one of those guys that wants to learn how to do everything everyone is doing. He learned how to do that texture, he called it a stomp mop.

We found one at home depot, it was similar to the one you see above. Here is one piece of advice, after you patch and paint that spot you will never stand 3' away from it staring at it again.

So do not stress over perfection, get it pretty close and it will blend in.