{"id":48,"date":"2009-09-03T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/meet-pearl\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T10:56:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:56:13","slug":"meet-pearl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2009\/09\/meet-pearl.html","title":{"rendered":"meet pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every kid needs a pet, right? Even paper doll kids need a pet. So this season the Oliver + S paper dolls have adopted a new friend. Here’s Pearl.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pearl is a dachshund. We’re not sure if Pearl is a boy dog or a girl dog, but that doesn’t matter much because Pearl is a great companion to the Oliver + S paper dolls.<\/p>\n

And here’s the exciting part. Pearl can be a faithful desktop companion for you too. More on that in a minute. But, first, some credits are due.<\/p>\n

Have you heard of John Martin’s spool pets? We hadn’t either until April, of April 1930s<\/a>, sent us some reproduction postcards a while ago. In the early 1930s, John Martin<\/a> (1865-1947) illustrated several animals for a series of Coats and Clark promotions. Each animal was printed on card stock and featured a rhyme along with instructions for cutting out the animal and gluing the front and back sides to an empty spool to make a stand up, paper doll-like pet. Martin did a dog<\/a>, a pig<\/a>, a cow, a cat, a bunny, a horse, and possibly a few others.<\/p>\n

We loved the idea and decided (in honor of Martin’s originals) to update the concept. Dan Andreasen<\/a>, the illustrator of our paper dolls, painted Pearl’s front and back sides which we’ve turned into a new Oliver + S postcard featuring Pearl. (Dan illustrates some interesting things, but this was the first time he has been asked to do a dog’s rear end!) Like in Martin’s originals, there’s a poem on the card that tells a bit about Pearl, and then Pearl provides instructions for cutting and gluing the images to a spool to create a standing pet.<\/p>\n

Pearl has been designed with Gutermann’s long, thin spools in mind. (Remember, Pearl is a dachshund. Get it now?) Here’s what Pearl looks like with our paper doll friends.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Starting next Tuesday, while supplies last, all website orders for Oliver + S patterns will ship with a complimentary spool dog postcard so that you can make your own standing Pearl. Postcards will also be available on a limited basis at select retailers who are carrying our new Fall 2009 patterns.<\/p>\n

We hope you’ll stand Pearl up on your worktable to watch over you while you’re busy sewing the new Jump Rope Dress and School Days Jacket and Coat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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