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: Fencing
Finishing Touches
I’ve spent the last several evening putting the final touches on my latest article for Foundations. I’ve enjoyed expanding my sewing horizons with this project but I am looking forward to finishing up some commission stuff once I get it … Continue reading
Updates-New Job Edition
My new position has been keeping me incredibly busy. It’s just about all I can do to get take out on the way home before stumbling into bed. But it’s worth it and I’m really enjoying my new job. Keeping … Continue reading
Posted in Fighting, Sewing
Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Cut & Thrust, Fencing, Fighting, Project, Sewing
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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
Posted in Events, Fighting, Tutorials
Tagged Events, Fencing, Fighting, Foundations Revealed
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Practice Log 4/15/2011
I know. I’ve been totally slack about keeping up with these things. Honestly I haven’t had much to write about practicewise. If I made it out I was usually late, forgot my contacts, or suffered from some other issue or … Continue reading
A Waist Band!
Last night I finished cartridge pleating my venetians onto the waist band. The original ones were gathered but I decided to try cartridge pleating in the hopes that it would help replicate the awesome puffiness seen in the De Ghyen … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Sewing
Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Project, Sewing
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New Venetians
Since I posted a tutorial on incorporating pockets into venetians and trunkhose yesterday I thought I would post a bit today about the pants the tutorial is based on. I had posted recently that the first project of my great … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Sewing
Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Pictures, Project, Sewing
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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
Posted in Fashion, Sewing, Tutorials
Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Project, Rapier Armour, Sewing, Tutorial
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Ymir 2011
I had an amazing time at Ymir this year. I thoroughly enjoyed the fighting, got in some very fun pickups (which is my favorite part of any event), I got to see several very worthy people be inducted into the … Continue reading
How to Tell When a Project Just Needs to be Shelved
Sometimes it happens. You had this fab idea for a project. It was exciting and it really got your juices flowing. But once you got further into it you realized that it wasn’t quite what you had had in mind … Continue reading
Posted in Ebooks, Embroidery, Fighting, Goals, Sewing
Tagged 2011 Goals, 2011 Project Plans, Embroidery, Etsy Shop, Fencing, Fighting, Flanders Gown, HMA, Project, The Jacket Project
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Flanders Gown To-Do’s and Website Ponderings
Sorry there was not a practice update this week. I was very busy with work on Thursday and unable to make it out. Hopefully this week will be easier and I will be able to make it out. I’ve really … Continue reading