Toddy & Aloysius

Toddy and Aloysius are the two bumbling henchmen from the 90's TV show The Ink Thief. They were both fun to make! I knew the pants would be the most work, so I started with them. Each patch of fabric is first pinned into place and cut to fit into the section I want it to go. Then the edges are clipped to give it a frayed effect. Each piece is hand-sewed on to a storebought (second-hand) pair of pants. I did this first with Aloysius, and second with Toddy, mathcing up the colors and patterns seen in the show costumes.

Next, I needed a mesh shirt to wear over my grey t-shirt. I happened to come accross the perfect candidate at a yard sale, and just had to cut off the sleeves and lace!

The vest that I used was originally sewn by me for an Eddie costume from Rocky Horror Picture Show, but when I had made that vest I purposefully attached the iconic back patches to seperate pieces of fabric before sewing them on. So, when I wanted to use the same pieces for Aloysius like I had planned, I just had to seam rip along a single long edge, instead of picking off the complicated shapes. To the vest I patterend out some arm pieces, whihc were sewn out of leather with a black fabric base. He has a lot of studs on these as well, so I did my best to match the pattern to the reference.

Each arm piece is attached with velcro to the vest, so they can also be detached very easiliy when I want to use it for Eddie again!

His ears are fabric and fur, and sewn to the a leather headband.