SAMPLER PLATTER

CHECK IT OUT FELLOW MANBROIDERERS AND FRIENDS... Here's a few Manbroideries done by me over the last few months. Remember, I'm self-taught so don't judge too harshly... -Johnny Murder -Manbroiderer

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Manbroidering at night requires fuel. Dr. Pepper, bad television and cigarettes. This is a flick during a break. All my floss smells like menthol cigarettes. Just living the dream, folks.

TRANSMISSION #4: Wifey Awesome, honorary Manbroiderer, does it again. GENIUS!!!

My sweet and talented and beautiful Wifey (aka DonkeyWolf), the person who basically "forced" me to learn how to embroider because she said I needed a "bed hobby" and thereby inadvertantly created a thread and hoop obsessed monster (me), has once again created a work of embroidered art (actually a set) that simply boggles the imagination. (by the way, I'm pretty sure that was a run-on sentence that just happened.) When I look at her work, it is so amazing, that it usually just barely fits inside my brain. Well, this time, it didn't all quite fit so there is some amazing beauty dripping down onto the sleeve of my shirt. We are both HUGE fans of Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. Anyone who isn't, is a retard. She decided to pay tribute to these frienemies (that's a friend who's also an enemy...duh!) with a pair of sextacular embroidered pillowcases. You can set one at each end of your favorite couch and just let them stare it out for eternity. They are for sale at our Etsy Store. Buy them. Worship them. Bow down to the superhuman talent of my sweet, sweet Wifey. That is all. -Johnny Murder MANBROIDERER

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THE MANBROIDERY MANIFESTO

1. MANBROIDERY IS A MOVEMENT DESIGNED TO BRING MEN WHO CREATE FIBER ART OF ALL KINDS TO THE FOREFRONT. NO LONGER SHALL WEAVING, KNITTING, EMBROIDERY, CROSS STITCH ETC. BE EXCLUSIVELY KNOWN AS WOMEN'S WORK. 2.MANBROIDERY IS A TOOL THAT CAN BE USED BY MEN TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES AND THEIR CRAFT SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL CONFIDENT SHOWING THEIR WORK WITH PRIDE. NO SHAME. 3. MANBROIDERY IS NOT AN ANTI-WOMAN ART MOVEMENT. IT IS A PRO-MAN ART MOVEMENT. WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE WOMEN AS MEMBERS, WE JUST FEEL THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ARENAS FOR WOMEN TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK. AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THIS IS THE ONLY ARENA EXCLUSIVELY SHOWCASING THE FIBER ARE CREATED BY MEN. 4. THIS IS NOT SEXIST, THIS IS EQUAL TIME. 5... MORE TO COME

MANBROIDERY: FIRST TRANSMISSION