Briefcase Covering?

[Tiffany]

I have a new briefcase almost done and I wanted to try to

sew a nice piece of hippopotamous leather on the front flap.

What's the best way to do this? I was thinking I would cut the

hippo leather to fit the front of the briefcase, glue it on, then sew

a border of bridle around the front to attach the hippo underneath.

I saw someone else do it a different way (I think?) where the covering

leather is stitched on the back of the front briefcase panel (grain of

hippo to flesh of bridle) and it's "pulled" around the front. Is that

correct? If I were to do it that way, I'm a little unclear about what to

do about the top and bottom?

Thanks!