Need help with terminology
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I began amassing these terms quite awhile ago, and everytime the subject comes up, there are new ones which emerge. I see that there are already a couple here I didn't have. However, for what it's worth, here's my list which I keep filed under "Q-Speak" . . . hope it helps.
BF Boyfriend
BIL Brother-in-Law
BOB - Beginners Only Block (swap)
BOM - Block of the Month
BTW By the Way
CC Creative Contemplation
COW Cream on White
CSIA Can't Stand It Anymore (See DSAL)
DD Darling/Dear Daughter
DH Dear Husband/Hubby
DIL Daughter-in-Law
DS Dear Son
DSAL Donation to Salvation Army
DSM - Domestic Sewing Machine
DW Darling/Dear Wife
DWR - Double Wedding Ring
FART - Fabric Aquisition Road Trip
FIL Father-in-Law
FIU - Finish It Up
FLIMSY Finished Top, Not Quilted
FM or FMQ Free Motion Quilting
FP Foundation Piecing
FPP Foundation Paper Piecing
FQ - Fat Quarter
F8 Fat Eighth
FROGGIN' Taking out stitches (as in "rip it, rip it")
FW Featherweight
GF - Girlfriend
GFG Grandmother's Flower Garden
HP Hand Piecing
HST - Half-Square Triangle
HQ Hand Quilting
HQT Half Quarter Triangle (also see QST)
HSY - Havent Started Yet
LAQ- Long Arm Quilter
LQS - Local Quilt Shop
MAQ - Mid-Arm Quilter
MIL Mother-in-Law
MOM - Mom
OBW - One-Block Wonder
OT Off Topic
PFD Prepared for Dying
PHD - Project Half Done
PIGS - Projects in Grocery Sacks
PIPS Projects in Progress/Process
PIW Project in Waiting (waiting to grow up to be a WIP)
PM Private Message
PP Paper Piece
QG Quilt Guild
QST Quarter Square Triangle (also see HQT)
SABLE Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SEX Stash Enhancing Experience
SIL Sister-in-Law or Son-in-Law
SITD Stitch in The Ditch
SnW Stack and Whack
STASH Special Treasure, All Secretly Hidden
TGIF Thank Goodness It's Finished
TOAD Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust
TOT Tone on Tone
UFO Unfinished Object
USO Unstarted Object
VIP Very Important Project
WHIMM Work Hidden in My Mind
WIP Work in Progress
WIW Waiting in Wings
WIWMI Wish It Would Make Itself
WISP Work in Slow Progress
WIVSP Work in Very Slow Progress
WOF Width of Fabric
WOMBAT Waste of Material, Batting and Time
WOW White on White
WWIT What Was I Thinking
(My personal favorite is FROGGIN') ... Jo
BF Boyfriend
BIL Brother-in-Law
BOB - Beginners Only Block (swap)
BOM - Block of the Month
BTW By the Way
CC Creative Contemplation
COW Cream on White
CSIA Can't Stand It Anymore (See DSAL)
DD Darling/Dear Daughter
DH Dear Husband/Hubby
DIL Daughter-in-Law
DS Dear Son
DSAL Donation to Salvation Army
DSM - Domestic Sewing Machine
DW Darling/Dear Wife
DWR - Double Wedding Ring
FART - Fabric Aquisition Road Trip
FIL Father-in-Law
FIU - Finish It Up
FLIMSY Finished Top, Not Quilted
FM or FMQ Free Motion Quilting
FP Foundation Piecing
FPP Foundation Paper Piecing
FQ - Fat Quarter
F8 Fat Eighth
FROGGIN' Taking out stitches (as in "rip it, rip it")
FW Featherweight
GF - Girlfriend
GFG Grandmother's Flower Garden
HP Hand Piecing
HST - Half-Square Triangle
HQ Hand Quilting
HQT Half Quarter Triangle (also see QST)
HSY - Havent Started Yet
LAQ- Long Arm Quilter
LQS - Local Quilt Shop
MAQ - Mid-Arm Quilter
MIL Mother-in-Law
MOM - Mom
OBW - One-Block Wonder
OT Off Topic
PFD Prepared for Dying
PHD - Project Half Done
PIGS - Projects in Grocery Sacks
PIPS Projects in Progress/Process
PIW Project in Waiting (waiting to grow up to be a WIP)
PM Private Message
PP Paper Piece
QG Quilt Guild
QST Quarter Square Triangle (also see HQT)
SABLE Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SEX Stash Enhancing Experience
SIL Sister-in-Law or Son-in-Law
SITD Stitch in The Ditch
SnW Stack and Whack
STASH Special Treasure, All Secretly Hidden
TGIF Thank Goodness It's Finished
TOAD Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust
TOT Tone on Tone
UFO Unfinished Object
USO Unstarted Object
VIP Very Important Project
WHIMM Work Hidden in My Mind
WIP Work in Progress
WIW Waiting in Wings
WIWMI Wish It Would Make Itself
WISP Work in Slow Progress
WIVSP Work in Very Slow Progress
WOF Width of Fabric
WOMBAT Waste of Material, Batting and Time
WOW White on White
WWIT What Was I Thinking
(My personal favorite is FROGGIN') ... Jo
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
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