Quilting...
... keeps my hands busy,
my mind calm,
my heart happy
and my family warm!
Quilters all over the world use a lot of abbreviations; most of them are functional, others are just for fun.
These abbreviations are available in different languages and can be found all over the internet; I tried to collect all of them in one place.
Do you see an abbreviation missing from this list? Please leave a comment below and I’ll add it.
AFFO = finished quilt project
ATC = Artist Trading Card
BBT = Be Back Tomorrow
BDNQ = Bad Day, Not Quilting
BOB = Beginner’s Only Block (swap)
BOM = Block of the Month
BSK = Basic Sewing Kit
BSS = Basic Sewing Supplies
Charm Pack = package of pre-cut squares
Charms = small pieces of fabric, either squares or sometimes hexagons, all different fabrics
COC = Cream On Cream
CRAFT = Can't Remember A Flipping Thing
D4P = Double four Patch
DC/DDog = Dear Cat/Dear Dog (spell out dog, otherwise may be mistaken for Dear Daughter)
DH = Dear (or Darn) Husband
DIC = Double Irish Chain
Dimes = 10" squares
DIY = Do It Yourself
DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
DWR = Double Wedding Ring
EPP = English Paper Piecing
EQ = Electric Quilt quilting software (also seen as EQ5, EQ6, EQ7 etc.)
F8 / FE = Fat Eighth
FART = Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
FBA = Full Bust Alteration
FFO = Finally Finished Object
FIU = Finish It Up
FLIMSY = Finished top, not quilted
FM / FMQ = Free Motion Quilting
FOB = Fear of Binding
FQ = Fat Quarter
Frog Stitching = ripping out stitched seams (rip it, rip it)
FW = Feather Weight (Singer sewing machine)
FW = Fusible Web, no brand specific
GF = Girl Friend / God Forbid / Grandmother's Fan
GFG = Grandmother's Flower Garden
HIPS = Hundreds of Ideas Piling Skyward
HP = Hand Piecing
HQ = Hand Quilting
HST = Half-Square Triangle
HSY = Haven’t Started Yet (pronounced hussy)
Jelly Rolls = pre-cut noodles rolled up and sold as a set
LA = Long Armer (professional machine quilter)
LAQ = Long Arm Quilter
LAQM = Long Arm Quilting Machine
LMAO = Laughing My Ass off!
LOL = Laugh out loud
LQS = Local Quilt Shop
MAQ = Mid-Arm Quilter
MQ = Mystery Quilt
Nickles = 5" squares
Noodles = 2 1/2" by width of fabric
NQR = Not Quilt Related (an alternative to OT / Off Topic)
OBW = One-Block Wonder
OOAK = One Of A Kind
OOP = Out Of Print (like a vintage pattern)
OSMG = Old Sewing Machine Guy
PFD = Prepared For Dyeing
PhD = Projects half Done
PIGS = Projects In Grocery Sacks
PIPS = Projects In Process
PITS = Project In Totes
PIW = Project In Waiting (waiting to grow up to be a WIP)
PP = Paper Piecing
QAL = Quilt ALong
QAYG = Quilt As You Go
QIMM = Quilts in My Mind
QOTD = Question Of The Day / Quick Off Topic Discussion / Quilting Off Topic Discussion
QR = Quilt Related
QST = Quarter-Square Triangle
Quilt Candy = Small charm pieces of fabric folded up to look like candy
RR = Round Robin
RST = Right Sides Together
RTFM = Read The Flipping Manual (last resort!)
SA = Seam Allowance
SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SAQM = Short Arm Quilting Machine
SaS = Steam a Seam
SEX = Stash Enhancing eXperience (or eXcursion)
SID = Stitch-In-the-Ditch quilting
Siggies = Squares of fabric with signatures and often other info written on them
SnW = Stack and Whack
SOG = Straight of Grain
QG = Quilting Guild, xxQG = someplace something Quilting Guild
SQ = Simply Quilts
SQUID = Sewing a Quilt Until I Die
Squishy = Envelopes filled with swap fabric/blocks (squishy is the way they feel)
STASH = Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden
TBQ = To Be Quilted
TGIF = Thank God It’s Finished!
TIC = Triple Irish Chain
TOAD = trashed object abandoned in disgust
TOT = Tone-on-Tone
TUFO = Tuesday UFO night group / WUFO = Wednesday UFO...etc.
UFO = UnFinshed Object
USO = UnStarted Object
VIP = Very Important Project
WHIMM = Works Hidden In My Mind
WIM = Wil Ik Maken
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, Batting, And Time
WOW = White On White
WST = Wrong Sides Together
WWIT = What Was I Thinking?
YBR = Yellow Brick Road
YoYo = A circle of fabric gathered to form a puffy circle
See anything missing? Please leave a comment below and I’ll add it.
Have you seen the list of Mystery Quilt Tips & Tricks? You’ll find them HERE
An overview of all my quilt related post scan be found here.
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