I want to make a high quality leather piece of cabin luggage for my wife and I. I have English bridle leather for it all - 3.5mm for most parts and 2.3mm for the gussets and plan to line with a burnt orange Cordura fabric.
Looking around for plans from which I could borrow, I found nothing. Talking to Daniel at Leathercraft Patterns, he said he was working on a pattern. I've waited and now bought that pattern. As usual, the patterns and the instructions seem very good. However, despite the gussets being wider at the top than the bottom (352mm to 253mm), the finished bag's profile is quite pointed at the top - that is, not much of a curve inwards on each side. I'd like my bag to be more rounded (almost gothic arch in profile) but I dont know how to achieve that. I may, of course, just have the wrong idea but I hope not. The LCP instructions tell you to glue the outer sides to the inner sides over a slightly curved form. Perfectly logical. But, for instance, what would happen if I made the form much more curved? I did think about making the sides slightly shorter in order to force the top profile to be squarer, but I dont know.
I will make up thin cardboard patterns and see how they go together but can't see how i could replicate on those the curve of the sides (by glueing inner and outer on a form).
All you guys who have way more experience than me, please come to my aid!
Thanks
@martin In this situation I would present the above information to the designer of the pattern and ask them for advice moving forward. Potentially requesting a custom design if needs be.