Alison Kannon is an avid costumer and a rabid historical martial arts and fencing enthusiast. She has been studying and teaching Sixteenth Century European martial arts since 2001. She is an enthusiastic historical re-enactor and created Elizabethanmafia.com in order to share her research of the fashion, culture, and martial arts of Early Modern England.
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Category Archives: Embroidery
How I Used My Coif Pattern to Make a Forehead Cloth Pattern
Since so many of you have expressed interest in more tutorials and demos I thought I would start off this week with a very simple one that a friend requested on Facebook not too long ago. The Question: How did … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Embroidery, Forehead Cloth, Sewing, Tutorial
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Black Flowers
While I have enjoyed the much needed break I took from my jacket I am now happily back to stitching again. I spent about 4 hours on it two weekends ago while I visited and geeked with Kate and last night I … Continue reading
Pictures of the Plimoth Jacket
I know that many of you have also been following the creation of the Plimoth Jacket at Thistle-Threads.com. Yesterday they posted pictures of their model wearing the finished jacket!!! It’s just gorgeous! A truly amazing project that I have really enjoyed … Continue reading
Wow!
Wow! I knew the jacket pictures were popular but not quite how popular they really were. Elizabethan Mafia had more unique visitiors Tuesday coming to see the new jacket pictures than I have ever had before! You guys are awesome and I just wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Embroidery, Pictures, Project, The Jacket Project, Website
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Pictures are up!
Current pictures of the Jacket project are finally up! Check em out! And for all you patience please enjoy bonus pictures of our Christmas tree.
November Jacket Update and Future Project Plans
I’m officially back from one of the most lovely holidays I have had in a very long time. We spent our Thanksgiving up at the family farm in Como, NC. Don’t worry, I don’t really expect anyone else to know … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery, PerCoFiMo, Sewing
Tagged Embroidery, Flanders Gown, PerCoFiMo, Project, Sewing, The Jacket Project
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October Blackwork Jacket Update and Assessing Projects for PerCoFiMo
With October ending and November beginning I wanted to take some time update everyone on my Jacket Project progress, asses the status of my PerCoFiMo projects, set some priorities*, and estimate the amount of time I think each will take … Continue reading
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Tagged Embroidery, PerCoFiMo, Pictures, Project, The Jacket Project
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September jacket progress (with musings on finishing old projects)
Since I posted pictures of my jacket on the 21st I haven’t really talked more about it. As we are at the end of the month I wanted to post an update of the progress so far. Sadly, it’s not … Continue reading
Pictures: Midnight at the Oasis 2009 and my jacket!
This past weekend was Midnight at the Oasis and I had a great time. I will be posting thoughts on my fighting later today or tomorrow but until then I have pictures from the event (mostly of court) as well … Continue reading
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Tagged Embroidery, Events, Pictures, Project, The Jacket Project
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The Forehead Cloth Project: Pictures
It has taken me longer to post these pictures than I thought it would which is due almost entirely to the fact that I spent last weekend at the Lake Rawlings Dive Fest. Getting everything ready for my trip took … Continue reading