HONEY BUNS = 1-1/2” x WOF strips x 40 strips
HP = Hand Piecing
HQ = Hand Quilting
HST = Half Square Triangle
HSY = Haven't Started Yet (pronounced hussy)
HTH = Hope That Helps
ILs = In Laws; FIL, MIL, DIL, SIL, BIL = Father, Mother, Daughter, Son/Sister, Brother; sometimes prefixed with D=Dear
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion or In My Honest Opinion
IRR – International Round Robin
ISO = In Search Of
JELLY ROLLS = pre-cut noodles rolled up and sold as a set; 2-1/2” x WOF strips
JMHO = Just In My Humble Opinion or In My Honest Opinion
KWIM = Know What I Mean?
LA = LongArmer, professional machine quilter
LAQ = Long Arm Quilter
LAQM = Long Arm Quilting Machine
LAYER CAKES = 42 x 10” precut squares; also known as Dimes
LMAO = Laughing My Arse Off!
LMBO = Laughing My Butt Off!!
LOL = Laugh Out Loud; or Lots of Laughter
LQS = Local Quilt Shop
MAM = Mile-A-Minute (modern version of a crazy quilt block)
MAQ = Mid-Arm Quilter
MGBTQ = Must Get Back to Quilting
NESY = Not Even Started Yet
NICKELS = 5" squares; also known as Charms
NOODLES = 2 1/2" by width of fabric; also known as Jelly Roll strips
NQR = Not Quilt Related (an alternative to OT)
NTBB = Needs to Be Bound
OBTW = Oh By The Way
OBW = One Block Wonder
OP = Original Poster
OP = On Point
ORPHANS = Leftover Blocks
OSMG = Old Sewing Machine Guy
OT = Off Topic
OTOH = On The Other Hand
PC = Politically Correct
PC = Pony Club (Farmers’ Wife Pony Club Sampler Quilt
PFD = fabric that is Prepared For Dyeing
PhD = Project Half Done
PIF = Pay It Forward; sending something to someone, because it feels good!; free or for postage only.
PIGLET = 9” x 22”; also known as Fat Eighths
PIGs = Project(s) In Grocery Sack(s)
PIPs = projects in process
PIPS = Projects in Pretty Sacks
PITs = Project In Totes
PIW =Project In Waiting (waiting to grow up to be a WIP)
PIZB = Project in Ziploc Bag
PM = Private Message
PMS = Pizza, M&Ms and Sewing
PNTBF = Project (or Piece) Needs To Be Found ( or Finished)
POI = Put Off Item
PP = paper piecing
PP = Previous Poster
PPO = Project Put Off
QAYG = Quilt As You Go
QB = Quilting Board
QIMM = Quilts in My Mind
QOTD = Question of the day, Quick off topic discussion or quilting off topic discussion
QR = Quilt Related
QST= Quarter Square Triangles
QTFDD = Quilt Top Finishing Deficit Disorder
QTIS = Quilt Top in Strips
QUBBY = Quilter's Hubby
QUILT CANDY = Small charm pieces of fabric folded up to look like candy
REVERSE STITCHING = Frog Stitching (see above)
ROFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROFLOL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
RR = Round Robin
SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SAQM = Short Arm Quilting Machine
SaS = Steam a Seam
SAW = Stack and Whack
SBS = Sun Bonnet Sue or Sun Bonnet Sam
SEX = Stash Enhancement eXperience (or eXcursion)
SID = stitch-in-the- ditch quilting
SIL= Son In law or Sister In law; sometimes prefixed with D=Dear, DSIL
SIGGIES = Squares of fabric with signatures and often other info written on them
SnW = Stack and Whack
SQ = Simply Quilts
SQUIDs = Some Quilts In Drawers
SQUISHIE = Envelopes filled with swap fabric/blocks (squishie is the way they feel!)
SS = Sunbonnet Sue or Sunbonnet Sam
STASH = Special Treasures, All Secretly Hidden
SWEET SIXTEENS = Fat 1/16 yard = 9” x 11”
TBQ = To Be Quilted
TGIF = Thank God It's Finished!
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TIC = Triple Irish Chain
TOAD = Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust
TOT = Tone On Tone
TUFO = Tuesday UFO night group/WUFO = Wednesday UFO...etc.
TURNOVERS = 6” half-square triangle precuts (80 triangles per bundle/turnover)
TY = Thank YOu
UFO = UnFinished Object
USO = UnStarted Object
VIP = Very Important Project
WHIMM = Works Hidden In My Mind
WIMM = Work 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 (or Material), Batting And Time
WOW = White On White
WWIT = What Was I Thinking
WWYD = What Would You do?
xxQG = someplace something Quilting Guild
YBR = Yellow Brick Road
YoYo = A circle of fabric gathered to form a puffy circle