Oxford English Dictionary: Hobby Words

I received a note from Kate at the O.E.D.
(I am totally knocked out to get an email from the O.E.D.)

The O.E.D. (Oxford English Dictionary)

is the world-wide standard for English word use.

Kate says they are looking to social media to identify words having to do with various hobbies, including quilting---Our jargon.

Here's her note:

"Can you help the Oxford English Dictionary identify and record the words, phrases, and expressions unique to quilters and quilting? Words used by people when talking about a shared pastime can be little-known to outsiders, and are often interesting coinages with unique histories. As part of their hobby word appeal, Oxford English Dictionary editors [asked for] words and phrases unique to quilting. Of particular interest are slang words and phrases (as opposed to more technical terms) as these are much harder to trace in print and so are less likely to have come to the attention of dictionary editors."

I thought we could compile a list here in the comments. So do comment with suggestions. She said she is looking more for slang than for technical terms that she could find in books, magazines....

So "Quilting By Checkbook" rather than "HST" I guess.

Sir James Murray in his Scriptorium full of paper slips with word usage information.

There may be prizes from MOI for the best words or most ideas.

On the 23rd of July I'll send the list to Kate at https://public.oed.com/appeals/hobby-words/
Kate also says: Join the conversation on Twitter #hobbywords.

And while you are thinking up words watch the old Barbara Stanwyck/Gary Cooper movie Ball of Fire, about a project very much like this one. Lexicographers looking for slang hire burlesque dancer Sugarpuss O'Shea.  It's one of the great screwball comedies (if you don't mind stereotypical cliches about ethnicity, class, intellectuals and gender).

UPDATE: There are some excellent contributions in the comments. I'll leave them up there and people can continue to comment. Kate should probably check every couple of weeks.

Virginia wrote that she and her friends call ill-advised quilts Bagpipe Quilts because like bagpipes they have to be appreciated from a distance.
Trash Bag quilts---made from small pieces of fabric. Also  called extreme scrap quilting

Here are some I thought of for the Scriptorium

Tack---tie a quilt (goes back to the 19th c)
Ball cotton--- Perle Cotton, a twist
Big Stitch for a large quilting stitch done with Perle Cotton or some thick thread
Cheater cloth --- print simulating patchwork
EPP---for English Paper Piecing,  basting to paper shapes and then sewing. New acronym
Dogtooth border--- an appliqued triangular border
Fussy cut --- cutting the fabric template to feature an area of the fabric's print
Pin Basting --- preparing the quilt top for quilting by sandwiching back, batt and top and securing with safety pins
Glue Basting ---Preparing applique for sewing by turning fabric edges under and gluing them 
Needle Turn --- a form of applique in which the fabric is not basted under but turned under with the needle as the piece is stitched down.
Sleeve - a tube of fabric on the back of the quilt through which a rod is placed for display
Self Binding---not using any extra fabric to bind the edges but turning in the top and back
Self quilting --- quilting around each patch
Quilt by Checkbook---pay someone to quilt your top
Cheddar---a particular orange color that looks like safety yellow or American cheddar cheese
Lancaster blue ---a late 19th century blue on blue print popular in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Poison green - any green you don't like too much
Potholder quilt - newish term for old technique of quilting and binding each patchwork block and then joining the squares.
Neon print ---black background with bright colored figures
Panel - printed vignette, sometimes framed,  meant to be cut out and featured

I'll send them all to Kate and let you know any updates.