
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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Of Bluing, Tent Cleaning, and Kirtles
Share I spent most of this past weekend working on projects for various upcoming events. My poor husband was on call all weekend which meant changing the planned projects around a bit but in the end I got quite a … Continue reading
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Project: Green Linen GFG
Share I’ve probably mentioned it here before but for the past year and a half at least I’ve had an unfinished green linen gothic fitted gown sitting on my shelf waiting to be picked back up. It was all cut … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery, Fighting, Sewing, Website
Tagged 2010 Project Plans, Dueling, Embroidery, Fencing, Green Linen GFG, HMA, Project, Sewing, The Jacket Project, Vincentio Saviolo, Website
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Left Sleeve and First Gore Complete!
Share I’ve finally started rededicating time each week to work on my embroidered jacket last month and I finally completed the outlining on the first sleeve of my embroidered jacket last week. I also finished the first gore are started … Continue reading
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Mutinous Thoughts
Share 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! … 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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Plaited Braid Stitch
Share 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery, Tutorials
Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Embroidery, Project, The Jacket Project, Tutorial, Video
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Finially Starting Guitar Class!
Share 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 … Continue reading
Second Article Finished
Share I have just turned in my second Foundations Revealed article. I am very pleased with the way both articles have turned out and I want to say a special thank you to the folks at Foundations Revealed for allowing … Continue reading
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Why Do I Feel Like I’m Not Accomplishing Anything?
Share 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery, Fashion, Fighting, Sewing, Tutorials
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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My Second FR Article Has Been Finished!
Share This afternoon I finished my second Foundations Revealed article and I’ll be turning it in a week from Monday. This article will be a tutorial on 14th Century bias cut hosen and I’m very please with how it has … Continue reading
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Tagged Dueling, Foundations Revealed, Hosen, Project, Sewing, Tutorial, Vincentio Saviolo
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Published!
Share We have just returned from our vacation but I wanted to share with you all that the article I was working on last month for Foundations Revealed has been published a month early! Please feel free to visit their … Continue reading
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