Mariners Quilt in the Making

One of the ladies, and a good friend of mine, in my classes is making a great quilt.  We are designing it together as it is being made!  It is Glenda's quilt, and I think it will be awsome!  It certainly is a challenge, what do we add next?  Glenda has chosen the fabrics and has lots of each because we are not sure what we will do.  We know there will be borders of blocks, but it is a work in progress.  Feel free to offer ideas, we could use some!  We are thinking of a plain red border, as shown, for the next row, then another border of some kind of blocks.