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Drea's BearsI was just wondering..........how often do you find you create an entirely new design from scratch?
I seem to have two patterns that I keep going back to and 'tweek' , or add things to. I've been wanting to do and entirely new design ( I don't know what yet, mind you) but just haven't had the good chunk of time I need to sit and do it!
Do you have many designs? or just a few that you change things on every so often?
Just curious 
Hugs,
AndreaM 
Back Road BearsUntil the past 6 months I had about 8 designs that I used regularly.
In the past 6 months I have designed 4 new patterns. But ya know what? 3 of 'em, as it turns out, are almost identical! They are different from my 'old' designs, I'll give 'em that, but I see I am now stuck in a rut with big noses, potbellies and big feet. Not very original! So I'll be headed back to the drawing board for something entirely different before long. I get bored quickly!
Dolls N DreamsWell I have my Fairy Doogles pattern that I finally got just the way I wanted it.
And then the other day first introduced my mermaid pattern. So I really only have the
2 patterns right now.
I love working on a new design pattern so I'm sure I will try and come up with something else
I can go for ages just tweeking..then I do a whole new pattern..and spend ages tweeking that.
I have 7 bear patterns, two cats and two rabbits...and others rumbling around..I just 'go with the flow' !
I have a great big portfolio full to bursting with 'mix 'n match' bits for different sizes of bears. Once in a while, I sit down and design completely from scratch to keep things fresh, then that design will be further developed over time, until I tire of it. It's fun to start from scratch, but very time consuming, so not always practical in terms of keeping cash flowing in!
I just spent the whole weekend designing a few new dog breed patterns and the little westie that I just put up is the first of them!! With my bears I continually tweek the pattern and mix and match pieces...the scanner is great too for resizing pieces....
Hugs,
Krista
Matilda Huggington-beareI'm always designing new patterns. I also tweek a pattern I like. I interchange pattern pieces and then redraw them then tweek them then toss them then draw a whole new design tweek it mix it up ...etc.... 
Because I have no idea where my designing takes me I draw the pattern pieces I have used onto paper and keep it together with a photo and fabric samples.
I'm really happy with the pattern I am using at the moment. So I have made two critters with it without tweeks.
I think this must be a first for me.
I actually work on my critters on a large sketch pad. Then when an idea hits I can quickly sketch it. I have been known to push my bear aside and carry on sketching until I have a whole new design. 
I start everyday with a fresh page.
Creative Design Studio (RKR4CDS)We talked about this last Fall, as I remember asking if I should keep my hundreds of complete bear templates or pitch them (Jared advised SAVE) as I don't work with fabric anymore.
I didn't reuse them in 10 years and that number doesn't count the tweakings.
I kept entirely separate lines for kits and my retail work, as I do now in NFing.
(Going back to) OOAK means once with that pattern to me.
I'll let me grandkids take them to the dumpster (but I sure could use the space now!)
Kim-Bee BearsI ususally use the same three patterns but every once in a while, I will tweek one or I will come up with a whole new one (like my big bent arm, big footed bear, Twink).... Depends on what kind of mood I am in (I probably do 4-6 patterns a year, at the most!)
