Seamingly useful abbreviations from the sewing crowd, gathered from sewing websites and blogs.

mrjoro at flickr.com

EBA – enormous bottom adjustment
FART – fabric acquisition road trip
OOAK – one of a kind; has unique characteristics
PIGS – projects in grocery sacks
SBAMIPCA – started, but a more interesting project came along; see also UFO
SWAG – sewing with a grudge (to sew for someone when you don’t want to)
SWAP – sewing with a plan
SWHW$#%&@ – something went horribly wrong; see also OOAK
TGIF – thank God it’s finished!
UFO – unfinished object; former WIP; collective noun is the-cupboard-we-don’t-mention
WHIMM – works hidden in my mind
WIP – work in progress; project status
WISP – work in slow progress