I am truly amazed at how fabric can end up looking like a portrait. Yours captures your dad's likeness to a "T".
I imagine you felt "connected" to your dad while you were working on it. It's a wonderful piece of art.
Question - how long does it take to make one of these portraits, on average? and after taking the class once, do you think you would be able to do it on your own? (this whole process intrigues me - I checked out yr teacher's website btw)