Satin is a huge pain to work with. It frays, it's slippery as all get out. If you put pins it it gets holes. If the needle goes thru the fabric wrong it can pull threads across the whole piece you're working on.
I've worked with satin some and I'd just laugh and tell them "good luck with that" and go on my merry way because I know if I attempted it my way wouldn't be at all merry anymore!! LOL