Abbreviations

[Jill B.]

Here is a list of abbreviations I found on the Quilting Board website:


ALPHABETICAL LIST: Enjoy!

BOB = Beginner’s Only Block (swap)
BOM = Block of the Month
BRB = Be Right Back
BTW = By The Way
DD = Darling Daughter
DGD = Darling Granddaughter
DH = Dear Husband, Darling Husband
DB- Dear (Darling) Brother
DBF- Dear (Darling) BoyFriend
DD -Dear (Darling) Daughter
DDIL- Dear (Darling) Daugher-In-Law
DGD- Dear (Darling) GrandDaughter
DGS- Dear (Darling) GrandSon
DS- Dear (Darling) Son / Dear (Darling) Sister
DSIL -Dear (Darling) Son-In-Law / Dear (Darling) Sister-In-Law
DSM- Domestic Sewing Machine (home sewing machine, not longarm)
DWR- Double Wedding Ring (quilt pattern)D9P - Disappearing 9 Patch
DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
DWR = Double Wedding Ring
EQ -Electric Quilt (a software package for designing quilts)
FART = Fabric Aquisition Road Trip
FIU = Finish It Up
FMQ = Free Motion Quilting
FMMW = Free Motion Machine Quilting
FQ = Fat Quarter
GC = Grand Child
GD - Grand Daughter
GGK = Grandkids
GS = Grandson
GFG-Grandmother's Flower Garden
HSY -Haven’t Started Yet
HTH -Hope That HelpsHQ = Hand Quilting
HST = Half-Square Triangle
HSY = Haven’t Started Yet
IMO= In My Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
ISO = In Search Of
LAQ= Long Arm Quilter
LOF = Lengthwise of Fabric
LOL = Laugh out Loud
LQS = Local Quilt Shop
MAM -Mile-A-Minute (a modern version of crazy quilt block)
MAQ = Mid-Arm Quilter
MIL = Mother in Law
OTOH -On The Other Hand
OBW = One-Block Wonder
PHD = Project Half Done
PIGS = Projects in Grocery Sacks
QST -Quarter Square Triangle
SABLE= Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SBS= Sunbonnet Sue
STASH= Special Treasure, All Secretly Hidden
ROFL= Rolling on Floor Laughing
ROFLOL= Rolling on Floor Laughing out Loud
ROFLMBO = Roll on Floor Laugh My Butt Off
SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SIL = Son-in-law or Sister-in-law
TGIF= Thank God It’s Finished
TY= Thank YouTGIF = Thank God It’s Finished!
TOT = Tone-on-Tone
TTYL= Talk to You Later
UFO = UnFinshed Object
WIP = Work In Progress
WISP = Work In Slow Progress
WIVSP = Work In Very Slow Progress
WIWMI = Wish It Would Make Itself
WOF = Width of fabric
WOMBAT = Waste of Money, Batting, and Time
WOW = White On White
WWIT = What Was I Thinking

[Margo C.]

Thanks Karen!

[Margo C.]

"WIWMI = Wish It Would Make Itself"

This, I need to add to my current vocabulary! :lol:

Cindy

[Paula D.]

Well, I say TMA! (Too many abbreviations).

[Bonnie J.]

TMI= too much information :-)

[Margo C.]

Guru Bob has added links at the top of the forum page (at the far right, under the purple menu bar) to help us understand Glossary of Forum Terms and
Smiley & Abbreviation Definitions!

Bob ROCKS!

[Margo C.]

OMG, I'd never seen the SABLE acronym before and about spewed all over my screen LOL!

I need to use WWIT more as well. ops:

[Lotti D.]

after having just received 2 more boxes of fabrics i purchased on my vacation - that SABLE certainly applies and the WWIT probably as well
but... guess what
i love every single inch of the fabrics i bought, have great difficulty in using just a little bit of it (once it's used it's GONE) and will still buy more whenever i see something i love at a price i can pay
all i can say is: STASH

[Lotti D.]

Lol!

[Lotti D.]

Just for Fun

A list of Quilting Terms!

Projects start out as WHIMMS (Works Hidden In My Mind).

When you make a purchase of pattern and fabric, you have a PIG (Project In a Grocery bag).

At this time it may also be a brazen HSY (Haven't Started Yet).

Once you start, it is a WIP (Work In Progress).

A WIP is worked on until completion or until you lose interest and set it aside. Then its a UFO (UnFinished Object).

When you are encouraged by your quilty friends to FIUP (Finish It UP), you can loudly shout TGIF (Thank God It's Finished)!!

The collection of fabrics you use to complete your project is your STASH (Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden).

Occasionally you'll need random SEX (a Stash Enhancing eXperience). You can do this on a FART (Fabric Acquisition Road Trip).

And the final most important thing is to leave a SABLE (Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy) to your fabric-loving heirs.

[Lotti D.]

great sentiments karen,
totally agree - am just about heading home - braving the rain ?is my bicycle waterproof? - so i can get out more of my STASH and get going on my WIPs or the UFO i just inherited yesterday and hopefully manage to say TGIF by friday and ship it to the nice folks desperately waiting for heart quilts required by premature babies in the swiss clinics.
And tomorrow - right after work - i'm bringing my trusty old bernina to the shop for a little rejuvenating vacation - and i bet i'll end up with more PIGs before i get home.
have a great day - and may your dreams be filled with WHIMMs

[Margo C.]