Thanks for the responses! I have a couple follow-up questions. The reason given for using stabilizer was that "slickery" fabrics need to be anchored in order to work with them. Is this really not the case? (I'm new to sewing anything but cotton.)
Mary, did the lame present any problems with shifting while sewing?
Moonpi, I'm having trouble visualizing this. Did you sew onto any kind of overall "backing" fabric, or just sew or iron individual pieces to stabilizer and the stabilizer acted as the backing?
Pocoellie, yep - been there, did that, luckily on a small piece that darn near looked like seersucker when I lifted the iron. Wouldn't a double layer of slick fabric be twice as slippery?
Sorry to be so obtuse on this, I just don't know how to get started on this project. Anyone have some "idiot proof" instructions, or is this just one of those "go for it" projects? I guess I'm scared to waste some of my nice scraps by starting off wrong.