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: Forehead Cloth
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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Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Embroidery, Forehead Cloth, Sewing, Tutorial
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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
The Forehead Cloth: Thoughts After Finishing
As I had posted last week all the embroidery was finished for my forehead cloth so all I had left to do was put it together. In the end I decided not to do any fill stitches and just go … Continue reading
The Forehead Cloth is Finished!!
Well, at least the embroidery is all finished but since putting it together will go super quickly now that it’s done I just couldn’t help myself. I should have pictures up by the end of the week and with a … Continue reading
Pictures, Articles, and Return Features! Oh My!
Work continues. I worked on several projects this weekend. I didn’t get a whole lot accomplished on any one of them but over all I enjoyed myself immensely and got quite a bit done overall. Sadly I had to abandon … Continue reading
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Tagged Forehead Cloth, Pictures, Project, The Jacket Project, Website
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Weekend Recap: Nap Edition
This past weekend I did something that I hardly ever do. I spent nearly my entire weekend doing nothing and it felt wonderful. My weekends are usually jam packed with trips, events, projects, etc so it’s very rare for me … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Excercise, Forehead Cloth, Project, The Jacket Project, Weekend
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