Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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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