jersey, im not sure what you mean by leather "cloth",ive done a couple of similar applications with "leather", i first cut the general shape of the object(do not cut it too short) and soaked it for two days in warm water, while still wet placed it over the object i wanted to cover and held it down as best as possible with sand bags i made from plastic bags and leftover sand i had from some stone work, guess if you have a half bag of cement or morter laying around you could use it as well, if you try this you will quikly learn how to keep the sandbags from moving around, i used a couple of coat hangers to form a circle around the bags to keep them in position, it took the leather about 4 days to dry enough that it would no longer yield drops when working with it but still damp, i then continued to work the leather with the bottom of a large table spoon, once you get to this stage youll see how it starts yielding to the required shape, just keep working it, i didnt trim the extra material until it was completely dry and glued down. best of luck, anthony. ah the strange things we do!