I copied my flower design onto the soluble fabric with a sharpie. I made a mistake using a black sharpie, I would recommend using a lighter colour of what you will stitch, I'll make sure I remember this in future.
Secure the fabric into and embroidery hoop and free machine stitch the design. Stitches have to be pretty dense to enable them to hold onto each other and create a solid fabric. Not enough stitching and they'll just unravel. A criss cross design is best to enable you to remember where you have stitched, but it depends what your design lends itself to.
When you're sure there is enough stitch. Run your piece under the cold tap, the soluble fabric turns a bit jellyish and rinses away. This is where the black sharpie was a mistake, as it coloured some of the threads making it a dirty pink in places. In this particular piece, although I rinsed most of the fabric away, a little left helps to hold the threads in place slightly stiffer.
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