Thank you for all the complements and the suggestions. The quilt in the picture is only as wide as the width of the minkee. The quilt I need to make needs to be queen size.
I like the suggestion about something simple around the panels. I still have a lot of black fabric that looks kind of scaley like it might be dragon skin and also have more of that red that is a dark red with tiny black spots. Which do you think would look better around the panels?
I also need to finish my DH's flannel lap quilt. As soon as I'm done with that I will start on this. Will try to post some pictures. Maybe a layout with the black and then one with the red and see which looks better.