I decided the best course of action was probably to glue the bases down first and let them set for a few days using PVA wood glue. After pushing out any air bubbles I left them to set with a large weight placed on top. Once they were set I could then freely experiment with the sides to see how to cut a pattern.
With the pattern cut it was just a case of folding and glueing. Not an easy task as it turned out. The PVA takes forever to grip the fabric and it can slip out of place easily. I cheated and used an industrial stapler (in non-visible places) to hold the leathercloth in place while it set.
The next problem was that the corners where the leathercloth was overlapping leathercloth were not sticking. Possibly because they were not porous enough for PVA to dry. I resorted to carefully superglueing the corners. I used duck tape to hold the corners firmly in place until they'd set.
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