P.i.g.s
08-12-2012, 09:06 AM
#31
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Holmen, WI
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08-12-2012, 02:53 PM
#35
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Fairfield, OH
Posts: 3,694
I have lots of PIGS. I am working on completing several of them. I have been dying to make a bargello. I spent months searching for fabric for it. I have all of it. I told myself I can't start it until I finish at least 3 PIGS. One only needs the binding hand sewn down. The other 2 don't need much. I just need the time. My plan was to start the bargello this summer. My summer vacation is almost over. I go back to school on the 22nd:-(
08-13-2012, 04:20 AM
#36
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan
Posts: 7,506
I am a founding and participating member of Bad Spellers of the World, but wouldn't P.I.G.S. be Projects In Grocery Sacks? Or am I being a fuss budget. (Yeah, I spelled budget correctly.... this time!) None-the-less, either way works and it seems that many, many of us are keepers of pigs. Do small projects qualify as piglets?
08-13-2012, 04:45 AM
#37
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
Thanks, QuiltE I printed out the list of acronyms, but I still don't like them. They are very frustrating to new members, as I was not that long ago. I wish they were used less, except for the very familiar ones. Then you could use the whole term in CAPS first and just use the acronyms later in the post.
08-13-2012, 05:09 AM
#38
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,728
Thanks, QuiltE I printed out the list of acronyms, but I still don't like them. They are very frustrating to new members, as I was not that long ago. I wish they were used less, except for the very familiar ones. Then you could use the whole term in CAPS first and just use the acronyms later in the post.
Yes, the alphabet soup of acronyms can be frustrating.
The use of acronyms have been rampant in the world for a long time now, so I don't think their use will diminish here on the QB or elsewhere.
So it's best to just keep that list handy.
I too was frustrated at first, and would often subbed the wrong words with an acronym.
Gradually I got more familiar with them ... though every once in awhile, I need to ponder!
Ladies ... I am always looking for more acronyms and quilting definitions to add to the list.
Please post and share.
I will be posting an updated list in the next couple of months including all the additions that I've received since the first posting.
