trouble comes to the sewing room

Yeah, I'm still back at Saturday for LJ friends-list reading. So I see this post. And all-of-a-sudden-like I remember that Scott mentioned an interest in going to Dragoncon (the only con I've been to is little Madicon, peopled entirely by weirdos I know) and I suddenly have 2 months to build an amazing Victorian outfit from scratch. No, I've never done full Victorian anything before. I'm actually seriously considering introducing my money to my mouth. Aiie. How do I get myself into these messes??