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: Tutorials
Embroidery Tutorial
Well we didn’t make it out to Fort Raleigh after all but my tutorial on Elizabethan Monochromatic Embroidery is now available in the tutorial section of my website.
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Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Embroidery, Tutorial
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New Foundations Article Published!
I missed posting this last week but my latest Foundations Revealed article, 1903 Savoye Corset: Patent 74093, was published last week. It’s outside of my usual area of interest but I’m very excited about this project and very pleased with … Continue reading
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Tagged Foundations Revealed, Project, Sewing, Tutorial
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New Tutorial and Promised Links
My Recreating Elizabethan Bodies tutorial is now available in the tutorial section of my website. I got it uploaded over the weekend. Grettir has also made the class notes for is I.33-Liechtenauer Symposium available online. You can download them here. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fashion, Tutorials
Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Events, Foundations Revealed, Project, Tutorial, Website
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Short and Sweet Update From Under the Weather
Sorry for being so quiet these past few days. I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather since Monday but I did want to give you guys an update. This past weekend Wistric, Letia, and I piled in the car … Continue reading
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Tagged Events, Fencing, Fighting, Foundations Revealed
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New Article
I spent last night working on an upcoming article for Foundations Revealed. It’s outside of my usual area of work so I’m finding the project challenging and quite a lot of fun. I did get my Venetians hemmed over the … Continue reading
Adding a Pocket to Your Trunkhose or Ventians
One of the things that has always attracted me to late 16th Century menswear is their pockets. There are several examples of trunkhose and a pair of venetians depicted in Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion that include pockets. Until recently though … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Project, Rapier Armour, Sewing, Tutorial
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Flanders Gown Update
Well, I’ve postponed this post for 3 days because I wanted to have pictures to go with it but I still haven’t taken them. I think I must be the worst costumer ever but hopefully you all will forgive me. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Flanders Gown, Project, Sewing, Tutorial
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14th Century Cloth Hosen Tutorial Now Available!
For those of you who may have missed the announcement last night, my 14th Century Cloth Hosen Tutorial is now available for purchase. February BOGO Special! From now through February 6th at midnight if you purchase one of our tutorials … Continue reading
Stocking EBook Now Available!
I am very happy and excited to announce that my first ebook, Cloth Hosen and Stockings of the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries, is now available for purchase through my website! In honor of this being my first ebook … Continue reading
Stockings Tutorial Update and Upcoming Ebook Series
For those of you who are not on Facebook (or who may have missed my post yesterday) last night I finished my 16th and early 17th Century stockings tutorial reformat. My plan is to have it available on my site … Continue reading