Adding colour and texture - the first completed page

This is a bit of a mission impossible and I am not sure how I will complete But's book in time, but  managed to complete the first page. It was a labour of love as the purple thread kept breaking in the machine as it was so fine and the needle kept getting caught in the material. I hand felted the tape measure and re-stitched on top to make the lettering and tape measure stand out. I then added But on top.

 

the final design

felting in process - I broke a needle in the process

the page completed....But's leg can be moved to reveal the I better