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Quilting Acronyms
BDNQ - Bad Day Not Quilting
CAT - Creating Artistic Treasures
COP - Creative Ongoing Project
DOG - Deciding Ongoing Gem
FART - Fabric Aquisition Road Trip
FIU - Finish It Up
FUN - Fabricating UNlimited
HSY - Haven't Started Yet
PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
PEBSMAQ - Problem Exists Between Sewing Machine And Quilter (invented by Gini)
PHD - Project Half Done (as in, "I'm working on my PHD")
PIGS - Projects in Grocery Sacks
QFH - Quilt from Hell
RUF - Really Ugly Fabric
SABLE - Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SEX - Stash Enhancing eXperience (or eXcursion)
STASH - Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden
SQ - Stupid Quilt (invented by Judy Iliff)
SQUID - Sewing a Quilt Until I Die (from AgnesEthel)
UFO - UnFinished Object (unfinished quilt)
TGIF - Thank God It's Finished!
WHIMM - Works Hidden In My Mind
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