Quilter's shorthand

[mary3100]

Just curious about all the abbreviations. Is there a cheat sheet around for those that have no idea what you mean? I figured out some, but there must be others as well who have no idea what DH or DD mean. Not to mention all the others....DH I assume is dear husband or is it dumb husband...LOL

[bkthomas]

This question comes up every now and then; What is HST??
This is a link to other acronym's.

[Racing Nana]

Half Square Triangle ????

[BobW]

I thought DD was short for Darn Dimwit. Is it male bashing if a male is the one doing it? LOL

[auntiemern]

A triangle that is half of a square. There are different size triangles in quilting, but this is the most common.

Half Square Triangle ????

[Peggi]

She wasn't asking what a HST was, she was posting a link to another page that has a list of abbreviations.

[Miss Sheri]

Some of the ones I have figured out are these, (at least I THINK this is what they mean!?)

DH = Darling Husband, Dear Husband, Dumb Husband, Dingbat Husband (you get the idea), when I write it, I mean Darling Husband.
DD = Daily Deal at M*QC [Missouri Star Quilt Company] or DD= Darling Daughter.
DS = Darling Son
SIL = Son in law or Sister in law
MIL= Mother in law or Monster in law [mine is sweet so no monster there]
DIL = Daughter in law
IMHO= In my humble opinion
BTW= by the way

[snippet]

LQS - local quilt shop
SID or SITD - stitch in the ditch
UFO - Unfinished Object
PHD - Project Half Done - I like this one better than UFO