Originally Posted by Gay

If you attempt this again - I would do the embroidery with the batting behind, that should help with the puckering you see in the first pic. Did you use any stabilizer, even a washaway kind? You could also look into quilt-as-you-go, and embroider the designs on separate blocks, then quilt as you sew them together, or not quilt at all, & maybe cover the seams with wide ribbon or lace. I find a looser tension also helps with puckering when embroidering.
I think you have done a great job with your quilting

Will you tell us where the emb. designs came from? A couple look familiar.