As 2025 comes to a close, Volume 12 Issue 6 of BLOCK Magazine looks ahead to a new year filled with new creative possibilities! Sit back with BLOCK, snuggle under a cozy quilt, and feel inspired by fresh ideas, helpful tips, and patterns for 10 fantastic projects! If your sewing space is in a bit of chaos from busy months of holiday stitching, now's the time for a reset. We offer tips for decluttering, organizing, and clearing the way–physically and mentally–for new ideas! As you work on those new projects, we'll help you get professional results with our tips for pressing your piecework, and offer helpful insights into the best interfacing, stabilizers and fusibles. Just for fun, we also take a trip through time with an interesting look at the history of irons. With February right around the corner, love is in the air! We have projects you'll adore, like the sweet Big Kisses pieced quilt and the EPP Hearts Aflutter table runner. You can show some love with a wearable heart on a Patchwork Pullover sweatshirt, too! Our "What If" series continues with a twist on the beloved Goodnight Irene quilt. You'll see how changing fabric placement creates a whole new look! You'll also meet designer Kim Christopherson of Kimberbell Designs, peek into the lives of Missouri quilters and artists, and say hello to a featured Missouri Star employee.BLOCK magazine is chock full of fresh ideas, helpful tips, free patterns! Take it along as you begin a new year of creativity!
