Character and caricature part 2

So Thea Brine's characters played on my mind and I was looking at Anthony Pallister's rather static portraits. I decided that I hadn't finished with Mary Berry, I wanted an action shot based on a more representative portrait.
I did a drawing of her in one of her colourful trademark jackets.

I started intending to collage her jacket but I decided to try using the computer. To make it easier I inked the lines in and rubbed out my pencil marks.

Then scanned a piece of Liberty fabric that is a bit lairy and overlaid the drawing using the erase tool to reveal the fabric beneath.

I was surprised that the flat pattern looked ok over the jacket. Is it best to keep it simple like this or to add a background? The Bakeoff was in a tent so out came my white scarf again.

I think this is better but I had to add a bit more colour to test whether I was backing out too early.

I think that this makes her look a bit scary.  Maybe flat colour is more appropriate and works better with the jacket?

I think that I like this version or the one with no background. It probably needs a more detailed background than just a single sheet but I think that I really should move on to the next exercise. I really enjoyed these experiments and I've learnt a lot about computer manipulation from my experiments.