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RARE Science works directly with patient families and foundations to find more immediate therapeutic solutions for children with rare diseases. 

This year RARE Science is partnering with TQS (and a number of other great organizations) to bring you... the FIRST Ever Celebrity RARE Bear Auction!  This is your opportunity to own a signed bear made by the quilt world's most talented artists while helping a great cause.

Meet "MB" AKA "Man Bear" by Rob Appell

Rob writes,

"Man Bear" has been hanging out in my studio for a month helping me be creative as a textile artist.  It was such a pleasure to create him.  My kids even got super involved and helped me decide what special items he needed.  For example, you probably noticed his awesome hat with the Man Sewing Logo, but did you see he's also sporting a matching pair of high top logo sneakers?  Pretty cool, don’t you think? His swim trunks are made from a Batik featuring Morro Rock, which is where we live in Morro Bay, CA.  But that's not all. Like any cool surfer dude, he has a one of a kind “Bengal Tiger Quilt” necklace featuring one of my Endangered Species Quilts, and a Fabric skate board. When MB isn’t hitting the waves, he hangs out in his cool Man Sewing t-shirt (which by the way you can wear).

It was an honor to use my sewing skills to help raise money for this great organization, now it’s time for MB to become your RARE Bear.

Much Love, Rob Appell"

Star Members can watch Rob in Show 812: Protect our Planet...with Quilts.

Click here for links to see more Celebrity RARE Bears.

Rob Appell blends his love for the ocean with his work as a textile artist and designer. When he was younger, Rob landed a job in his mother's quilt shop, "The Cotton Ball," in Morro Bay, California. It was at The Cotton Ball where Rob found a fondness for Hawaiian shirt making. Shirt scraps make beautiful quilts, and so does Rob. He learned to quilt by trial and error, and definitely brings a masculine touch to this age old tradition. Rob's quilts are 100% machine made and focus on appliqué work.

Now, after almost twenty years in the industry, Rob designs quilts for Michael Miller Fabrics, has authored a few books, countless quilt patterns, including The Endangered Species Quilt Project, produced a few DVDs on his techniques, is inventing sewing and quilting tools, and services sewing machines in his studio in Morro Bay, California.

He is blessed to travel the world sharing his experiences and joy in quilt making and sewing machine technology.

Please contact Rob if you would like him to do a Trunk Show for your Quilt Guild or you need a pattern for one of his quilts.