I see this a lot and have no idea what it means?? I have learned a lot of the "shortcuts" OBW, WOF, UFO etc. but this one has me stumped and for quite a while now so I will ask and see what happens????

It means in search of.

Don't feel bad, it took me a while to figure this out also.

Oh I am so glad I asked because I had tried so hard!!! Not hard enough I guess. THANKS

I don't know all of them and it took a while before I learned what ISO means. Here is a link that Crafty Bear posted with Quilting abbreviations. Some quilters print it out and keep it near their computer.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-42075-1.htm

Not to worry. The members of this board have developed a language all our own that's unique around here.

In search of.

glad I wasn't the only one, and I'm pretty good at those things ;-)

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-62926-1.htm#1537945

This link might help.

I'm old, but still learning! Hang in there!