This is the picture I started out with and there is no way I captured the luminosity of this scene but I tried.- Image removed see this bloggers post on copyright
The process began with felting very broadly onto a piece of craft felt, then some embroidery and free machine stitching, finishing with the beading, followed by more embroidery.
I think stretching it (the process has warped the base fabric) and providing a backing sheeting might make it clearer, we will see.
As a teaser, here is the beginning of April which is actually much further on and probably as close to being finished as this March is.