Quilter's Code
 

Help please!
I need the list of the quilters code words -
WIP - work I progress
PHD - project half done
Bag quilt - everything's in the paper bag

I know there's several lists out there but I can't find them & I need them for my quilt project for the 4-Hers.

Can you help? Please?

UFO: unfinished project

PP= paper piece
GFG= grandmothers flower garden
PIB= pain in the bu**
sorry that's all I can think of right now.

It’s listed on Pinterest under ‘Quilters Acronyms’.

Quite a few of them are in this post/thread:

https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...s-t178507.html

Thanks Bear! :)

That thread used to be at the top of the Main listing with a sticky,
but at some point it was de-sticky'd! :)

My list has grown even longer since then .......
I just keep adding as I see new ones.

I had to do an "advanced search" to find it again.

Bearisgray, could you do a post explaining how to do a search please? I can search on Goggle but here... problematic.

But thanks!

WWIT What was I thinking?
WOFTT Waste of fabric, thread and Time

In this case, I knew that QuiltE had compiled the list and that "acronyms" was in the post.

1) Click on "Advanced Search"

2) Fill in the blanks on the page that comes up and click "Search Now"

3) Hope that what you are looking for comes up, and click on that thread.

Another list:

https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...rs-t84708.html

I found this one by googling: quiltingboard.com acronym list

Another one:

https://www.with-heart-and-hands.com...-acronyms.html

I had to ask for help with things here too when I started. For me it was the new lingo around machine quilting, not much of it around 20 years ago the last time I knew what I was talking about.

DSM -- Domestic Sewing Machine, which is very different from Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders which is the first thing I think of when I see the acronym!

I've been using WoF (width of fabric) and LoF (length of fabric) for decades but I still get asked when I write them in instructions.

My favorite is WOMBAT - Waste Of Money, Batting And Time.

My favorite is SABLE - Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy

my favorite is PIGS - projects in grocery sacks!

Bear, your knowledge is priceless. Thank you for being willing to share.

WOW = white on white
TOT = tone on tone