| S.E.X. |
Stash Enhancing Experience |
| AFAIC |
As Far As I'm Concerned |
| AFK |
Away From Keyboard |
| AIESATDA |
All I Ever See Are These Darn Acronyms |
| AISI |
As I See It |
| ANFAWFOS |
And Now For A Word Word From Our Sponsor |
| ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
| AWGTHTGTTA |
Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again |
| AYR |
As You Requested |
| AYRRRS |
Are you really Really REALLY Sure? |
| AYWWWS |
Are you weally Weally WEALLY Sure? |
| B4N |
Bye for Now |
| BAK |
Back At Keyboard |
| BCNU |
Be Seeing You |
| BFO |
Blinding Flash of Obvious |
| BITW |
Bears in the Woods, a group making the titled quilt from a book |
| BOB |
black on black but that could also be beige on beige |
| BOM |
Block of the Month |
| BRB |
Be Right Back |
| BTA |
But Then Again (in response to IOW) |
| BTW |
By the way |
| CCF |
Crippled Computer Fingers |
| CU |
See you |
| CUL8R |
See you later |
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CMQ Commercially Machine Quilted
COC Cream on Cream Fabric print
CQ Crazy Quilt quilting pattern/technique
CW Cathedral Window pattern
CW Civil War fabrics |
| DH |
Dear Husband |
| DYHSBTD |
Don't You Have Something Better To Do? |
| DW |
Dear Wife |
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DJ Dear Jane a set of pieced blocks using Civil War fabrics
DWR Double Wedding Ring pattern
EQ Electric Quilt, a software program
EPP English Paper Piecing |
| EOM |
End Of Message |
| FISH |
First in, still here |
| FOAF |
Friend of A Friend |
| FOBL |
Fell outta bed laughing |
| FOCL |
Fell outta chair laughing |
| FWIW |
For What It's Worth |
| FYI |
For Your Information |
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F8 fat eighth
FART Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
FFA Fabric Fondlers Anonymous
FIFI Find It, Finish It
FFUFO Finally finished unfinished object
FPP Foundation Paper Piecing
FQ Fat Quarter 1/4 yd of fabric, cut 18" X 22"
FS For Sale more appropriate in craft marketplace
Full Harriet a quilt that is completely machine quilted at home using free
motion and other techniques taught by Harriet Hargrave author of "Heirloom
Machine Quilting" and other books
FW Feather Weight model of Singer sewing machine
GFG Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern
GFOADSDNBITG Good Fabric Of Any Decent Size Does Not Belong In The Garbage |
| GLGH |
Good Luck and Good Hunting |
| GMTA |
Great minds think alike |
| GR&D |
Grinning, Running, and Ducking |
| HIFOTFAIR |
Help! I've Fallen On The Floor And I'm Rolling! |
| HWMBO |
He Who Must Be Obeyed |
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HMQ Home Machine Quilted
HST Half Square Triangle
HSY Haven't Started Yet |
| IAE |
In Any Event |
| IMAO |
In My Arrogant Opinion |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IMO |
In My Opinion |
| IO |
Insignificant Other |
| IOW |
In Other Words |
| IWBNI |
It Would Be Nice If |
| L8R |
Later |
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LAQ Long Arm Quilter
LQS Local Quilt Store/Shop
LTP Long Term Project |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud |
| LOLLOL |
Little Old Lady Laughing Out loud |
| LSHISOTS |
Laughing So Hard I Spit On The Screen |
| MOATYO |
Mind Of A 10-Year Old |
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ME Mary Englebreit
MFP Mini Foundation Pattern
MLB Major League Baseball a yearly fabric swap
MPP Machine Paper Piecing MQ Millennium Quilt
NGFITSSITSWW Never Gonna Finish It So Send It To Someone Who Will!
NQ/NQR NonQuilting / Not Quilting Related
NYC Not Yet Cut |
| NCATT |
NO Comment at This Time |
| NOTE |
Not Of This Earth |
| NPN |
Nine Patch News |
| NTTRN |
No Time To Reply Now |
| OIC |
Oh, I See |
| OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
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PIGS Projects in Grocery Sacks |
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PP Paper Piecing |
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QI Quilt Inspector |
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QIAD Quilt In A Day TV show and technique by Eleanor Burns |
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QIP Quilt In Progress |
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QNM Quilters' Newsletter Magazine by Lehman Publishing
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QP Quilt Police |
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RCTQ Recreational Crafts Textiles and Quilting |
| ROFL |
Rolling On the Floor Laughing |
| ROFFNPR |
Rolling On the Floor For No Particular Reason |
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RR Round Robin block exchange |
| RSN |
Real Soon Now |
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SA Seam Allowance |
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SABLE Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy |
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SESSYHBYNKWYNI Save Every Small Scrap You Have Because You Never Know
When You'll Need It |
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SEX Stash Enhancement eXperience |
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SIS Sister In Sewing SIS Suckered Into Sewing |
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SITD Stitch In The Ditch |
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SM Sewing Machine |
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SnW Stack 'N Whack |
| SO |
Significant Other |
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SQEX Square Exchange |
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SSBOF Single Small Bit Of Fabric also called a charm
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SSS Secret Sewing Sister
STABLE Stash Totally Above and Beyond Life Expectancy |
| SWMBO |
She Who Must Be Obeyed |
| TAFN |
Thats All For Now |
| 2F4W |
Too Funny For Words |
| TGIF |
Thank God Its Friday |
| TIA |
Thanks In Advance |
| TTFN |
Ta Ta For Now |
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TANQP There Are
Ain't No Quilt Police
TOL Top Of The Line
TOT Tone on Tone
TQS Tricky Quilting Stuff
TTART Toss Today And Regret
Tomorrow
UFO UnFinished Object
UFO UnFulfilled Opportunity
USO UnStarted Object |
| WYGIWYPF |
What You Get Is What You Pay For |
| WYS |
Watch Your Step |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
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WHIMM Works Hidden In My Mind
WIHTDTY What I Hope To Do This Year
WIP Work In Progress
WOF Width Of Fabric
WOMBAT Waste of Money, Brains, and Time/Talent
WOW White On White
WS Wrong Side of fabric
WTB Want To Buy more appropriate in craft marketplace |
| YDD |
Yabba Dabba Do |
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YMMV Your Mileage May Vary |