The actual quilting did not take more than about a half an hour.
To sew the lining to the leather strips I use these mortician's needles. They have a three cornered cutting point, and a slight curve. The cutting edges get through the leather without much trouble and the curve lets me get the point back out of the work. The part where they are only curved at the tip makes them a lot easier to use than "round" needles.
Here's what a typical stitch looks like. I get a lot of use out of these bent jaw pliers to handle the needle. What we don't see here is that I have used my left hand to manipulate the leather so that I don't stab the point into the steel. This is largely about maintaining the point.
Here we can see that the neck edge of the lining needed to be trimmed a bit to produce an even hem.
After trimming, I turned the raw edges under and whipped the fold down to the leather.
This is what the lining looks like in place.
Here is the front view with the falling lame up.... and down.
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