Adding colour with bias tape

Hi all!

I've been a little bit out of action at the moment, looking for a new place to live (stuff all over the place but nothing set up for sewing, unfortunately), so I'm going to share with you all something I prepared earlier.

This skirt is actually my very first attempt at refashioning a garment--a skirt in block green colour, brightened up a little using some bias tape I made from a retro print. I added a strip all the way around the bottom, a few centimetres up from the hem, and two strips at the front where little brass shanked buttons used to sit (needless to say, I kept the buttons in hope they will be useful later).

Here is the before and after (you can just make out the original buttons):

I will be putting this skirt up for sale very soon in my eBay store, and I'll report back here with details when I get it all up and going. In the mean time, please keep an eye out on the website I've been setting up: www.retro-reinvented.com.au :)