Sledding with the kids at the cabin after Christmas reminded me that a long long time ago (2004) I started a quilt of sledders going down a hill.  I found the pattern for this block in a sampler quilt called “Snow Day” by Jan Patek.  I got it started, then got distracted, like I do with so many of my quilting projects.

This week, I came home from the cabin and found the box with that project in it and have been working on these cute little sledders ever since.  They are appliqued onto snow-colored flannel.  There will be 38 blocks in all.  I’ve finished about half of them so far this month.  Having handwork handy makes me so happy.

Here’s the Jan Patek quilt where I found the idea:

Update 21 Feb 2026:

Here are all the finished blocks ready to stitch together.

There are a lot of little stitches in these blocks, sewn in the evenings while we’ve been watching the Olympics and ball games.  I like keeping my hands busy.

Here’s the finished top:

Years ago, when I first started this quilt, I found a great flannel back with pines in the snow.  Now it will go to the quilter.