The characters appeared in many other Cabbage Patch merchandising products ranging from animated cartoons to board games:
Parker Brothers published the original story retitled "Xavier's Fantastic Discovery" in 1984 and two Albums that went Gold. An abbreviated version of the discovery legend was reproduced on every Cabbage Patch Kids product from 1983 onward. The name change to Cabbage Patch Kids was made in 1982 when Xavier's company, Original Appalachian Artworks, began to license a smaller version of the hand made creations to a toy manufacturer named Coleco. The doll brand went on to become one of the most popular toy fads of the 1980s and one of the longest-running doll franchises in America. The Little People were first offered at arts and crafts shows, then later at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia. Other soft sculpture dolls dating back to the 1800s were created using similar needle molding techniques. His Little People were not offered for sale, but were "adopted" each with their own individual name and birth certificate. He called these hand-stitched, one-of-a-kind, soft fabric sculptures "The Little People".
As a 21 year old art student, Xavier utilized the quilting skills he learned from his mother and the historic technique of "needle molding" to develop his own line of fabric sculptures.
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