When you published your town in the Dream Suite, did you make your designs/patterns available for others to get? I know for me, I did have them unavailable at one time, but mine have been available for a while now since I re-made some e-Reader Card designs from the Gamecube AC.
I'm bad at art, even within the relatively simple grid parameters present in the Animal Crossing design maker, so I don't really have any designs worth sharing that somebody else couldn't make. I've made some things like the town flag and a few outfits, but usually I'm just scanning QR codes of designs that other people made. Also, aside from forum events like the current Farewell to New Leaf Online, I don't upload my towns/islands to the Dream Suite.
Yes. I’ve enjoyed making pixel art in both New Leaf and now New Horizons. I’ve spent hours making certain designs and I wanted to make them shareable so they get more use than just in my town/island.