1830s On My Mind

I have suddenly fallen totally and fully in love with the early 1830s.  So, I'm planning to make two dresses.  These two dresses, in fact:

from Dames a la Mode

from Dames a la Mode

To be more specific, it's the red velvet one in the first print, and the black and white one in the second print.

To help with this project, I've joined the 2014 Year of Foundations challenge.  I'm making my first item the corded petticoat.  Because it is going to take forever.  And, of course, I'd bought materials to make one ages ago.  So, this helps with my desire to use up stash stuff.  Since, shockingly, I really need to make stuff instead of just buying things to make stuff and saying "one day".

I'm thinking Costume Con for one of these.