Kwiltr

In a quilt shop where they were selling raw silk to make quilts with, the shop owner told me they use iron on fabric stabilizer to manage the fraying and to reduce/alleviate the distortion of the fabric. It was a really light weight stabilizer. I thought it was a brilliant idea, but have yet to try it. I made a quilt recently with yarn dyed cottons that were a fraying and stretching nightmare and wished I'd know about the stabilizer then.

ckcowl

actual satin is (slippery) takes care to use- you could use a cotton sateen-which has a nice sheen-resembles satin in appearance & feel- but is much easier to work with.
if you do go with satin---also adding a good lightweight fusable woven (or tricot) interfacing to help stablize the fabric & keep the fraying down

narnianquilter

I agree with the crazy quilt idea- that really seems like it would be beautiful! You could also mix in pics of your wedding day, or pics with your new hubbie.

maminstl

wondering if you could use your satin as appliques with an ironed on backing to keep it from fraying. Haven't done it, just a thought that came to mind.