Abbreviations
10-23-2011, 09:45 AM
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I'm going to risk sounding rather dumb, but there are alot of abbreviations used on these forums that I am unfamiliar with. A few of them are easy, such as LAQ and FMQ.
I wonder if some of you could attach meanings (in the form of a list?) to many of the commonly used abbreviations that you use to help this forum newbie :) Thanks!
I wonder if some of you could attach meanings (in the form of a list?) to many of the commonly used abbreviations that you use to help this forum newbie :) Thanks!
10-23-2011, 09:51 AM
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Here's a list that I've compiled, combining all the many lists that have been posted!
If anyone has more to add, please let me know and I'll add to the list so we have one consolidation.
So here you are, Everything you wanted to know ... and probably a lot more you don't!
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QUILTER’S DICTIONARY for ALPHABET SOUP of ACRONYMS
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BBT = Be Back Tomorrow
BOB = Beginner’s Only Block (swap)
BOM = Block of the Month
Bricks = 5” x 9-1/2” precuts
Charm Pack = package of pre-cut charm squares
Charms = Small pieces of fabric, either squares or sometimes hexagons, all different fabrics; 5”x5”; also known as Nickels
COC = Cream On Cream
CT = Connecting Threads
D4P = Double four patch
D9P= Disappearing 9 patch
DC/DDog = Dear Cat/Dear Dog (spell out dog, otherwise may be mistaken for Dear Daughter)
DH, DW, DD, DS = Dear Husband, Wife, Daughter, Sister (or “Darn” Husband, etc!!)
DGD, DGS = Dear Grand Daughter , Grand Son
Dessert Rolls = 5” x WOF strips
DIC = Double Irish Chain
Dimes = 10" squares; also known as Layer Cakes
DIY = Do it yourself
DJ = Dear Jane
DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
DWR = Double Wedding Ring
EPP = English Paper Piecing
EQ = Electric Quilt quilting software (also seen as EQ5, EQ6, EQ7)
F8 / FE = Fat Eighth = 9” x 22”
F&D / FAD = Fun And Done
FART = Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
Fat Quarter = FQ = 18”x 22”
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FFO = Finally Finished Object
FIU = Finish It Up
FLIMSY = Finished top, not quilted
FM / FMQ = free motion quilting
FQ = Fat Quarter = 18”x 22”
Frog Stitching = ripping out stitched seams (rip it, rip it)
FS = Forgotten Stash
FW = Featherweight
FW = fusible web, no brand specific
FWIW = For What It's Worth
FWS or FWSQ = Farmers’ Wife Sampler Quilt
FYI = For Your Information
GF = Girl Friend or God forbid or Grandmother' s Fan
GFG = Grandmother' s Flower Garden
GD, GS = Grand Daughter , Grand Son (sometimes adding a D=Dear in front; DGD, DGS)
Grands = Grand Children
GTG = Got to go or Get ToGether
Honey Buns = 1-1/2” x WOF strips
HP = Hand Piecing
HQ = Hand Quilting
HST = Half Square Triangle
HSY = Haven't Started Yet (pronounced hussy)
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 = 10” precut squares; also known as Dimes
LMAO = Laughing My Arse Off!
LMBO = Laughing My Butt Off!!
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
LQS = Local Quilt Shop
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
OBW = One Block Wonder
OP = Original Poster
OP = On Point
Orphans = Leftover Blocks
OSMG = Old Sewing Machine Guy
OT = Off Topic
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.
PIGs = Project In a Grocery Sack
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)
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
TBQ = To Be Quilted
TGIF = Thank God It's Finished!
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
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
xxQG = someplace something Quilting Guild
YBR = Yellow Brick Road
YoYo = A circle of fabric gathered to form a puffy circle
If anyone has more to add, please let me know and I'll add to the list so we have one consolidation.
So here you are, Everything you wanted to know ... and probably a lot more you don't!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QUILTER’S DICTIONARY for ALPHABET SOUP of ACRONYMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BBT = Be Back Tomorrow
BOB = Beginner’s Only Block (swap)
BOM = Block of the Month
Bricks = 5” x 9-1/2” precuts
Charm Pack = package of pre-cut charm squares
Charms = Small pieces of fabric, either squares or sometimes hexagons, all different fabrics; 5”x5”; also known as Nickels
COC = Cream On Cream
CT = Connecting Threads
D4P = Double four patch
D9P= Disappearing 9 patch
DC/DDog = Dear Cat/Dear Dog (spell out dog, otherwise may be mistaken for Dear Daughter)
DH, DW, DD, DS = Dear Husband, Wife, Daughter, Sister (or “Darn” Husband, etc!!)
DGD, DGS = Dear Grand Daughter , Grand Son
Dessert Rolls = 5” x WOF strips
DIC = Double Irish Chain
Dimes = 10" squares; also known as Layer Cakes
DIY = Do it yourself
DJ = Dear Jane
DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
DWR = Double Wedding Ring
EPP = English Paper Piecing
EQ = Electric Quilt quilting software (also seen as EQ5, EQ6, EQ7)
F8 / FE = Fat Eighth = 9” x 22”
F&D / FAD = Fun And Done
FART = Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
Fat Quarter = FQ = 18”x 22”
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FFO = Finally Finished Object
FIU = Finish It Up
FLIMSY = Finished top, not quilted
FM / FMQ = free motion quilting
FQ = Fat Quarter = 18”x 22”
Frog Stitching = ripping out stitched seams (rip it, rip it)
FS = Forgotten Stash
FW = Featherweight
FW = fusible web, no brand specific
FWIW = For What It's Worth
FWS or FWSQ = Farmers’ Wife Sampler Quilt
FYI = For Your Information
GF = Girl Friend or God forbid or Grandmother' s Fan
GFG = Grandmother' s Flower Garden
GD, GS = Grand Daughter , Grand Son (sometimes adding a D=Dear in front; DGD, DGS)
Grands = Grand Children
GTG = Got to go or Get ToGether
Honey Buns = 1-1/2” x WOF strips
HP = Hand Piecing
HQ = Hand Quilting
HST = Half Square Triangle
HSY = Haven't Started Yet (pronounced hussy)
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 = 10” precut squares; also known as Dimes
LMAO = Laughing My Arse Off!
LMBO = Laughing My Butt Off!!
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
LQS = Local Quilt Shop
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
OBW = One Block Wonder
OP = Original Poster
OP = On Point
Orphans = Leftover Blocks
OSMG = Old Sewing Machine Guy
OT = Off Topic
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.
PIGs = Project In a Grocery Sack
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)
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
TBQ = To Be Quilted
TGIF = Thank God It's Finished!
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
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
xxQG = someplace something Quilting Guild
YBR = Yellow Brick Road
YoYo = A circle of fabric gathered to form a puffy circle
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