A Dhuglas:

Best of luck with your project. Take it slow and it should work out just fine. Try with card board and bin liners too. Then you'll have a better idea of what you want to make before you cut into a piece of leather. Patterns can be deceptive as we found out . There's always questions about how do I solve this or that problem which isn't mentioned or left out of a pattern. Making a mock up helped

Efer:

It shoudn't be too long until we have some put together