You've gotten really good advice here. One thing I would have done differently was to have used the same color thread for all the quilting as the embroidery. By using a different color, you have taken the eye away from your focal point, the embroidered squares. I, also, agree that some type of echo and denser quilting, especially a cross-hatch would enhance your original embroidery designs as opposed to contrasting. BTW....you have done better than I could have done.
Edited to add: I would have used a washaway or soft embroidery stabilizer. Leaving the stabilizer in will give it an artificial stiffness that may never go away. My goal is to have a soft, feels the same all over, quilt. That's one reason I have been reluctant to do much embroidery on mine. Also, a less dense embroidery pattern may be a better choice on the whole cloth. I have mostly seen the denser patterns used in blocks that are sewn together with a sashing, then finished the quilting.
Last edited by Barb in Louisiana; 07-26-2018 at 04:26 PM.