GLOSSARY of QUILTING
Some may refer to the terms below as acronyms and they'd be correct. As a whole though, I like to call it "Quilting Nomenclature" ~
Nomenclature -noun - a set of system of names or terms, as those
used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community.
This page is more for my reference, but also for my non-quilting
friends ~ I'll be adding more as I learn them, and some will make you
LOL.
FQ: Fat Quarter
FART: Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
Frogging (or frog stitching): using a seam ripper to remove stitches
HST: Half Square Triangle
JL: Jacob's Ladder (quilt style)
LQS: Local Quilt Store
PhD: Project Half Done (as in "I'm working on my PhD")
PIGS: Projects In Grocery Sacks
QAL: Quilt A Long (everyone making their own quilt, but sharing their
ideas and progress
SABLE: Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SEX: Stash Enhancing eXperience (or eXcursion)
STASH: Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden
SUI: Shopping Under Influence (usually the "evil" influence of a friend)
TOAD: Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust
UFO: UnFinished Object
WIP: Work In Progress
WISP: Work In Slow Progress
WIVSP: Work In Very Slow Progress
WIWMI: Wish It Would Make Itself
WOMBAT: Waste of Money, Batting, And Time
WWIT: What Was I Thinking?
Yo-Yo: a circle of fabric, gathered and sewn into a puffy circle; also refers to the person who makes them
401 F: Fabric for Retirement
