QuiltE

The following is a compilation of many previous Quilting Board threads/posts and from other sources.
If you have any to add, please post here, and I'll include it in the future.

Hope that this helps some find their way around the ....

Alphabet Soup of Acronyms and Quilter's Lingo!
BBT = Be Back Tomorrow
BOB = Beginner’s Only Block (swap)
BOM = Block of the Month
BOW = Block of the Week
BTW = By The Way
BRICKS = 5” x 9-1/2” precuts
CHARM PACK = package of pre-cut charm squares
CHARMS = Small pieces of fabric, either squares or sometimes hexagons, all different fabrics; 5”x5”; also known as Nickels
COC = Cream On Cream
CT = Connecting Threads
D4P = Double four patch
D9P= Disappearing 9 patch
DBF = Dear/Darling Boyfriend
DC/DDog = Dear/DarlingCat/Dear Dog (spell out dog, otherwise may be mistaken for Dear Daughter)
DH, DW, DD, DS = Dear/Darling Husband, Wife, Daughter, Sister/Son (or “Darn” Husband, depending on the day and spirits, etc!!)
DGD, DGS = Dear/Darling Grandaughter , Grandson
D___ = Dear/Darling ____, for a plethora of other Dear/Darlings in our lives!
DESSERT ROLL = 5” x WOF strips x 10 strips
DIC = Double Irish Chain
DIMES = 10" squares; also known as Layer Cakes
DIY = Do it yourself
DJ = Dear Jane
DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
DWR = Double Wedding Ring
EPP = English Paper Piecing
EQ = Electric Quilt quilting software (also seen as EQ5, EQ6, EQ7)
F8 / FE = Fat Eighth = 9” x 22”; also known as a “piglet”
F&D / FAD = Fun And Done
FABRIHOLIC: A non-word. No one can have too much fabric. If it were a real condition, not only would it be in the dictionary, there would be medical studies and government programs available. I'm not in denial, because you cannot deny a condition that does not exist.
FAT QUARTER = FQ = 18”x 22”
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FFO = Finally Finished Object
FIU = Finish It Up
FLIMSY = Finished top, not quilted
FM / FMQ = free motion quilting
FOUNDATION FABRIC: The fabric on the bottom of your stash that supports the weight of all the other fabrics.
FQ = Fat Quarter = 18”x 22”
FROG STITCHING = ripping out stitched seams (rip it, rip it)
FS = Forgotten Stash
FW = Featherweight
FW = fusible web, no brand specific
FWIW = For What It's Worth
FWS or FWSQ = Farmers’ Wife Sampler Quilt
FYI = For Your Information
GF = Girl Friend or God forbid or Grandmother' s Fan
GFG = Grandmother' s Flower Garden
GD, GS = Grand Daughter , Grand Son (sometimes adding a D=Dear in front; DGD, DGS)
GRANDS = Grand Children
GTG = Got to go or Get ToGether

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QuiltE

HONEY BUNS = 1-1/2” x WOF strips x 40 strips
HP = Hand Piecing
HQ = Hand Quilting
HST = Half Square Triangle
HSY = Haven't Started Yet (pronounced hussy)
HTH = Hope That Helps
ILs = In Laws; FIL, MIL, DIL, SIL, BIL = Father, Mother, Daughter, Son/Sister, Brother; sometimes prefixed with D=Dear
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion or In My Honest Opinion
IRR – International Round Robin
ISO = In Search Of
JELLY ROLLS = pre-cut noodles rolled up and sold as a set; 2-1/2” x WOF strips
JMHO = Just In My Humble Opinion or In My Honest Opinion
KWIM = Know What I Mean?
LA = LongArmer, professional machine quilter
LAQ = Long Arm Quilter
LAQM = Long Arm Quilting Machine
LAYER CAKES = 42 x 10” precut squares; also known as Dimes
LMAO = Laughing My Arse Off!
LMBO = Laughing My Butt Off!!
LOL = Laugh Out Loud; or Lots of Laughter
LQS = Local Quilt Shop
MAM = Mile-A-Minute (modern version of a crazy quilt block)
MAQ = Mid-Arm Quilter
MGBTQ = Must Get Back to Quilting
NESY = Not Even Started Yet
NICKELS = 5" squares; also known as Charms
NOODLES = 2 1/2" by width of fabric; also known as Jelly Roll strips
NQR = Not Quilt Related (an alternative to OT)
NTBB = Needs to Be Bound
OBTW = Oh By The Way
OBW = One Block Wonder
OP = Original Poster
OP = On Point
ORPHANS = Leftover Blocks
OSMG = Old Sewing Machine Guy
OT = Off Topic
OTOH = On The Other Hand
PC = Politically Correct
PC = Pony Club (Farmers’ Wife Pony Club Sampler Quilt
PFD = fabric that is Prepared For Dyeing
PhD = Project Half Done
PIF = Pay It Forward; sending something to someone, because it feels good!; free or for postage only.
PIGLET = 9” x 22”; also known as Fat Eighths
PIGs = Project(s) In Grocery Sack(s)
PIPs = projects in process
PIPS = Projects in Pretty Sacks
PITs = Project In Totes
PIW =Project In Waiting (waiting to grow up to be a WIP)
PIZB = Project in Ziploc Bag
PM = Private Message
PMS = Pizza, M&Ms and Sewing
PNTBF = Project (or Piece) Needs To Be Found ( or Finished)
POI = Put Off Item
PP = paper piecing
PP = Previous Poster
PPO = Project Put Off
QAYG = Quilt As You Go
QB = Quilting Board
QIMM = Quilts in My Mind
QOTD = Question of the day, Quick off topic discussion or quilting off topic discussion
QR = Quilt Related
QST= Quarter Square Triangles
QTFDD = Quilt Top Finishing Deficit Disorder
QTIS = Quilt Top in Strips
QUBBY = Quilter's Hubby
QUILT CANDY = Small charm pieces of fabric folded up to look like candy
REVERSE STITCHING = Frog Stitching (see above)
ROFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROFLOL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
RR = Round Robin
SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SAQM = Short Arm Quilting Machine
SaS = Steam a Seam
SAW = Stack and Whack
SBS = Sun Bonnet Sue or Sun Bonnet Sam
SEX = Stash Enhancement eXperience (or eXcursion)
SID = stitch-in-the- ditch quilting
SIL= Son In law or Sister In law; sometimes prefixed with D=Dear, DSIL
SIGGIES = Squares of fabric with signatures and often other info written on them
SnW = Stack and Whack
SQ = Simply Quilts
SQUIDs = Some Quilts In Drawers
SQUISHIE = Envelopes filled with swap fabric/blocks (squishie is the way they feel!)
SS = Sunbonnet Sue or Sunbonnet Sam
STASH = Special Treasures, All Secretly Hidden
SWEET SIXTEENS = Fat 1/16 yard = 9” x 11”
TBQ = To Be Quilted
TGIF = Thank God It's Finished!
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TIC = Triple Irish Chain
TOAD = Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust
TOT = Tone On Tone
TUFO = Tuesday UFO night group/WUFO = Wednesday UFO...etc.
TURNOVERS = 6” half-square triangle precuts (80 triangles per bundle/turnover)
TY = Thank YOu
UFO = UnFinished Object
USO = UnStarted Object
VIP = Very Important Project
WHIMM = Works Hidden In My Mind
WIMM = Work In My Mind
WIP = Work In Progress
WISP = Work In Slow Progress
WIVSP = Work In Very Slow Progress
WIWMI = Wish It Would Make Itself
WOA = Work Of Art
WOF = Width Of Fabric
WOMBAT = Waste Of Money (or Material), Batting And Time
WOW = White On White
WWIT = What Was I Thinking
WWYD = What Would You do?
xxQG = someplace something Quilting Guild
YBR = Yellow Brick Road
YoYo = A circle of fabric gathered to form a puffy circle

AnitaSt

Wow...thanks for the extensive list!

Scissor Queen

This should be a sticky!

erstan947

I hope there is not a test

MamaBear61

QuiltE, you have been busy putting this together. That is one way to keep the winter blues at bay :-)

QuiltE

Long time no see, MamaB ..... have you been in the sunny south?
No, I didn't do it this winter .... I started it last spring when I first came to the Board, and just kept adding to it. I tried awhile ago to post it, but for some reason it wouldn't let me. Hey ... you should come and join us and do the Pony Club quilt!


AnitaSt .. hope it helps!

ScissorQ ... no clue what a sticky is!

Erstan ... looks like you have been around more than long enough, and could write the test!

mighty

Wow, what a list!!

NanaCsews2

Thanks! My favorite is TOAD. Been there done that.

bookworm

WOMBAT gave me the best laugh. I've had that once or twice.