I found this on someone else's blog, and had to post. I wondered what some of these meant before :)
Quilters' Acronyms
- BOB = Beginner's Only Block (swap)
- BOM = Block of the Month
- DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
- DWR = Double Wedding Ring
- FART = Fabric Aquisition Road Trip
- FIU = Finish It Up
- FQ = Fat Quarter
- HST = Half-Square Triangle
- HSY = Haven't Started Yet
- LAQ= Long Arm Quilter
- LQS = Local Quilt Shop
- MAQ = Mid-Arm Quilter
- OBW = One-Block Wonder
- PHD = Project Half Done
- PIGS = Projects in Grocery Sacks
- SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
- SEX = Stash Enhancing eXperience (or eXcursion)
- STASH = Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden
- TGIF = Thank God It's Finished!
- TOT = Tone-on-Tone
- UFO = UnFinshed Object
- WHIMM = Works Hidden In My Mind
- 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
Quilters' Terms (Not Acronyms)
- Charms - Small pieces of fabric in squares, hexagons or other shapes, all different fabrics. Charm packs are big sellers right now.
- Fat Eighth - 1/4 yd of material, cut up the fold. About 9" x 22".
- Fat Quarter - This is 1/2 yard of fabric with a cut up the fold, creating a piece about 18" x 22".
- Flimsy - Quilt top waiting to be quilted
- Frogging - or Unsewing. When you have to redo something and you "rippit, rippit, rippit."
- Honey Buns - 1.5" x 44" strips of fabric all from one line. Currently made by Moda.
- Jelly Roll - 2-1/2" strips of fabric from an entire line.
- Layer Cake - This is a 10" square of fabric from each material in the line.
- Leaders and Enders - Chain piecing at the beginning and end of another project row. Essentially making two quilts at once and being efficient.
- Nickel - A 5" square of fabric.
- Squishie - Envelopes or baggies filled with swap fabric or blocks.
- YoYo - A circle of fabric which is gathered to form a puffy circle.
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