
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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Plaited Braid Stitch
My beloved husband and I will be heading to the beach for the holiday weekend to spend some time with my family. We plan to do some diving and hopefully get a chance to see the 17th Century shipwreck that … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Embroidery, Project, The Jacket Project, Tutorial, Video
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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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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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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
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
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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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
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Tagged Embroidery, Flanders Gown, PerCoFiMo, Project, Sewing, The Jacket Project
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How to Make Progress On Those Large Projects We All Have
My apologies for being absent Friday. I was feeling a bit under the weather. The good news though is that I’m fairly certain it had more to do something I ate than any seasonal bug and after taking some time this weekend to … Continue reading

