Resizing a Dress That Doesn't Fit

Eons ago, my sister found this dress on clearance at JCPenny. I think she spent $10 on it. Its a beautiful two-tone silk that looks iridescent in the right light. I really liked the dress and since she didn't do anything with it, I stored it away waiting for the right moment that it would fit me in the hips.
That day never came. The dress was too big in the waist and too tight in the hips.

You'll never guess what I did, I went to the fabric store! To look for another fabric that would match that of the dress as closely as possible.  The fabric that I found was not an exact match but pretty close as you will see. I cut open the seams on the sides of the dress from the knee to the waist and attached a triangular piece of the new fabric to loosen the fit in the hips.

Then, I turned the dress inside-out and took in the darts at the waist. At this point, I tried the dress on and felt looked funny with the two strips added to the sides with no other embellishments. So I added a waist band in the color of the added side panels. That still looked a little too plain, so I added a brooch. Below is the final product with a view from the front.