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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Tag Archives: 2010 Goals
2010 Retrospective and 2011 Plans
It’s New Years Day which means it’s time look back on the projects I’ve finished and the goals I set for myself over the last year and start planning out the ones I want to work on this year. 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Goals, 2010 Project Plans, 2011 Goals, 2011 Project Plans, Embroidery, Fencing, Fighting, Project, Sewing
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Guitar Progress
Many of you will remember my goal of being able to play two 16th Century songs on my guitar by Pennsic 2010. I don’t post updates on my guitar progress very often but now that I’m progressing farther along I … Continue reading
In Between Projects the 2010 Review Begins
This week I start to find myself between projects. My last article was published and I’ve started writing the next next one. I’ve finished a couple of sewing projects and I’m getting ready to start a new commission. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Goals, 2010 Project Plans, Embroidery, Fencing, Fighting, Foundations Revealed, Project, Tutorial
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Mutinous Thoughts
Last night while doing some work on my embroidered jacket I had the mutinous thought that I could just stop with the sleeves. They really would look lovely with my Flanders Gown. I would be done so much sooner! Hmmmmm…. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Goals, 2010 Project Plans, Elizabethan Fashion, Embroidery, Flanders Gown, Project, Sewing, The Jacket Project
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Finially Starting Guitar Class!
Yep, you read that correctly. After months of saying I was going to start I have finally signed up to begin weekly classical guitar lessons every Friday. My first one is tonight! One of the big reasons why … Continue reading
Why Do I Feel Like I’m Not Accomplishing Anything?
I’m not quite sure what the issue is but lately I’ve found that I’ve been feeling very distracted with regards to my various projects and I haven’t been feeling like I’m really getting a lot done. Oddly I’ve been feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Goals, 2010 Project Plans, Embroidery, Etsy Shop, Fencing, Fighting, Flanders Gown, Forehead Cloth, Foundations Revealed, George Silver, HMA, Joseph Swetnam, Project, Sewing, Swetnam, The Jacket Project, Tutorial, Vincentio Saviolo, Wool Hosen
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2009: A Year in Review
I can’t believe it is December 16th. A lot of people review the previous year at the beginning of the new one but I like to take a look at things a little earlier. This allows me to evaluate how … Continue reading