Internet Shorthand For Quilters!

When I was surfing the Internet tonight I noticed that most of the quilting websites use a lot of shorthand! You know, the same kind of abbreviations your kids and grand kids use when they send you a text message and you have no clue what they are trying to say to you?!  I was lucky in that I have two young nieces that were more than happy to explain most of the texts messaging shorthand to me, so I thought I might do the same for the quilters out there that, like me, like to surf quilting blogs, websites, and forums! Here is a not so short list of quilters shorthand that you might come across when your checkout a quilting related website!

B2B = Border to Border
BOB = Beginner’s Only Block
BOM = Block of the Mont
CC = Continuous Curve
DH, DS, DD, etc: = Dear Husband, Dear Son, Dear Daughter, etc.
D4P = Double four patch
DIC = Double Irish Chain
DSM = domestic sewing machine
DWR = Double Wedding Ring
E2E = Edge to Edge
EPP = English Paper Piecing
FART = Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
FLIMSY = Finished top, not quilted
FM = free motion quilting
FQ = Fat Quarter
Froging = ripping out stitched seams (rip it, rip it)
GFG = Grandmother’s Flower Garden
HP = hand piecing
HQ = hand quilting
HST = Half square triangle
HSY = Haven’t Started Yet (pronounced hussy)
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
MIL, SIL, etc: = Mother-in-Law, Sister-in-law, etc.
MAQ = Mid-Arm Quilter
NQR  = Not Quilt Related (an alternative to OT)
OSMG = Old Sewing Machine Guy
PIGs = Project In a Grocery Sack
PIPS = projects in process
PITA = Pain in the a**!
PITS = Project In Totes
PIW = project in waiting (waiting to grow into a WIP)
PP = paper piecing
RR  =  Round Robin
RR  =  Round Robin
SID = stitch in the ditch
SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SEX = Stash Enhancement eXperience (or eXcursion)
SID = stitch-in-the-ditch quilting
Siggies = Fabric with signatures
SAQM = Short Arm Quilting Machine
Squishie = Envelopes filled with swap fabric/block
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
UFO = Unfinished Object/Project
WIP = Work-In-Progress

I hope this helps you all when you are checking out great quilting websites, forums and blogs!