Quilting acronyms

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I wanted to share this acronyms list I found on J's Quilting Blog, some of them are so appropriate - I have a lot of those 401's!

The list:

•BOM=Block of the Month

•Charms=Small pieces of fabric, usually squares or hexagons, all different fabrics
•Charm packs=package of pre-cut squares
•CQ=Crazy Quilting (traditional quilt pattern with embellisments)
•COC=Cream on Cream

•DJ=Dear Jane (a traditional quilt pattern)
•D4P=Double Four Patch
•DIC=Double Irish Chain
•Dimes=10" squares
•DIY=Do It Yourself
•DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine

•EQ=Electric Quilting software, now EQ5,6, or 7

•F8=Fat 1/8th or 9"x 22"
•FART = Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
•FIU=Finish It Up
•FLIMSY=pieced top
•FQ=Fat Quarter
•Frog Stitching=rip it, rip it....ripping stitches out
•FW=Featherweight (Singer) sewing machine
•FW=Fusible Web (be care to iron this one, sew with the above)

•Giterdone=Get 'er Done! Term most often used for ancient or dreaded projects
•GFG=Grandmother's Flower Garden, a traditional quilt pattern

•HP=Hand Piecing
•HQ=Hand Quilting
•HST=Half-Square Triangle
•HSY=Haven't Started Yet

•Jelly Rolls=pre-cut fabric strips, rolled up and sold in a set

•LA=Long Armer, professional machine quilter
•LAQ=Long Arm Quilting machine
•LQ=Liberated Quiltmaking, free form quilting without striving for precision or perfection
•LQS=Local Quilt Shop

•MAQ=Mid-Arm Quilter

•Nickles=5" squares
•NQR=Not Quilt Related, as in board or group off topic, topic and it's oppostie QR

•OBW=One-Block Wonder
•OSMG=old sewing machine guy, your go-to fellow for repairs

•PFD=fabric that is Prepared For Dying
•PHD=Project Half Done
•PIGS=Projects in Grocery Sacks
•PIM=Project in Mind
•PIPs=Project in Progress
•PITs=Projects in Totes
•PIW=Project in Waiting (not yet a WIP)
•PP=Paper Piecing

•QAYG=Quilt As You Go-A quilting/piecing process which incorporates sewing together a block and quilting it at the same time.
•QUIMM=Quilt In My Mind
•QUTD=Question Of The Day: quilting group or board top for discussion that day
•QR=Quilt Related and NQR: it's opposite
•Quilt Candy=Small charm pieces of fabric, folded up to look like candy
•QST=Quarter Square Triangles

•RR=Round Robin (quilt exchange, passing around a group taking turns with it)

•SABLE=Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
•SAQM=Small Arm Quilting Machine
•SaS=Steam a Seam iron on double faced interfacing/non stitching product
•SEX=Stash Enhancing eXperience (or eXcursion)
•SID=Stitch In (the) Ditch, quilting technique
•Siggies=Squares of fabric with signatures and other info on them
•SnW=Stack 'n Whack, pile them up and cut them all at once block pattern
•SQ=Simply Quilts
•Squishy=Envelopes filled with swap fabric or gifts sent/received in the mail
•STASH=Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden
•SUI=Shopping Under Influence (usually with a friend)
•SWAN=Swap Without a Name

•TBQ=To Be Quilted
•TGIF=Thank Goodness It’s Finished!
•TIC=Triple Irish Chain, a traditional quilt pattern
•TOAD=Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust
•TOT=Tone-on-Tone
•TUFO=Tuesday UFO night, also WUFO etc.

•UFO=UnFinished Object
•USO=UnStarted Object

•VIP=Very Import Project

•WHIM=Work Hidden In Mind
•WHIMM=Work Hidden In My Mind
•WIP=Work In Progress
•WISP=Work In Slow Progress
•WIVSP=Work In Very Slow Progress
•WIWMI=Wish It Would Make Itself
•WOA=Work Of Art
•WOF=Width of Fabric
•WOMBAT=Waste of Money, Batting, and Time
•WOW=White On White
•WWIT=What Was I Thinking

•YBR=Yellow Brick Road, a popular quilting pattern
•YoYo=a circle of fabric, gathered and sewn into a puffy circle; also one who makes them

•401 F=Fabric for Retirement
•401 P= Patterns for retirement


I just realized yesterday was 9-10-11 on the calendar.  Today there are many ceremonies remembering 9/11; whichever way you decide to remember it, have a great day everyone...

Sew forth and sew on til later