Round one failure achieved. Miss Jane did say that stabilizer was helpful, particularly for small pieces. I would upgrade that adjective to essential. For all pieces. Without it, everything is a weebly-wobbly fraying mess.
Stiffy Stuff (*snicker*) takes a few hours to dry, so spraying along the way is not going to do anything but impede flow state and irritate me. Need to take a few days and prep all of the potential fabrics while rethinking my starting point. Working in mixed order is a layer of complication I don’t need at this moment.