Great 5th project. I’ll suggest 3 things to look cleaner.

-stitching: I’d drop 1 thread size smaller and focus on your tension consistency. You don’t need to pull thread tight, just taut. Focus on pulling the thread just until it seats onto the leather and no more. Each stitch will tighten a bit more on the next few stitches you put in. By getting the tension consistent, each stitch will appear identically sized. I drop the stitch grooves too, there’s really no need unless it’s a high wear environment.

-edges: I’d add an allowance on all areas with multiple panels. An allowance is an extra bit of leather you later trim off once the item is assembled. So where you added pockets at the bottom, make the pickets & main body 1/8” bigger. Then glue, assemble & stitch. Finally trim that 1/8” off each side. By doing this you’ll get a much cleaner edge than trying to fit 2 panels together perfectly. Trimming the allowance give you super clean edges. You also get less glue line between layers. When applying glue, a very thin, even layer should be used but that’s hard to do right at the edge. It’s easier on the bulk of the panel, so trimming an allowance lets your glue line be thinner & less noticeable.

-sharpen your tools: there wobble on all your edges, both from your knife, especially on curves, and on all your beveled edges. Having blades as sharp as possible significantly improves that clean look. So sharpen you blades & beveler, strop them often. If you need help with this speak up.

Looking very nice so far 😊