Friday, January 4, 2013

Every wonder what all those strange nonsense letters stand for?   I came across this and some I added. As I hear or come across more I will add them.  I thought it would be fun to post on my blog. Please share, and if you know of any that I don't have please leave a comment.


Acronyms used by quilters
  • BOM = Block of the Month
  • BOW = Black on White
  • DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
  • FART = Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
  • FOB = Fear of Binding
  • FQ = Fat Quarter
  • HST = Half-Square Triangle
  • HSY = Havent started yet
  • LA = Longarmer
  • LAQ= Long Arm Quilter
  • LQS = Local Quilt Shop
  • MAQ = Mid-Arm Quilter
  • OBW = One Block Wonder
  • PhD = Projects half Done
  • PIGS = Projects in Grocery Sacks
  • PIMPs = Projects I-Mis-Place
  • PP = Paper Piecing
  • QAYG = Quilt As You Go
  • QST = Quarter Square Triangle
  • RR = Round Robin
  • SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
  • SEX = Stash Enhancing eXperience (or eXcursion)
  • SID = Stitch In the Ditch
  • SnW = Stack and Whack = pile up and cut all at once block pattern
  • Squishy=Envelopes filled with swap fabric or gifts sent/received in the mail
  • STASH = Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden
  • TGIF = Thank God It's Finished!
  • TOT = Tone-on-Tone
  • UFO = UnFinshed Object
  • VIP = Very Important Project
  • WHIMM = Works Hidden In My Mind
  • WIP = Work In Progress
  • WISP = Work In Slow Progress
  • WWIT = What Was I Thinking
  • WOF = Width of Fabric
  • WOMBAT = Waste of Money, Batting, and Time
  • WOW = White On White

3 comments:

  1. I did not know many of these acronyms, thank you, I might just start adding them into messages.

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  2. I love it - thanks for explaining the acronyms. The one that helped the most was WOMBAT - I kept seeing that one and had no idea what it was referring to LOL!!

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  3. That's great... I've never seen many of these

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