5440 or Fight is quite popular along the quilt trail Now that fall is here, I am ready to go out and look for a few more I am alsoafter a threeyear hiatusgoing to finally have time to quilt! He used the slogan "FiftyFour Forty or Fight" as a rallying cry If you didn't know, James Polk became president but he didn't win the 54th parallel He compromised with the UK in 1846 at the 49th parallel North of that became Canada The quilt block didn't show up until 1933 though, years after Polk made the slogan popularNow on the backing here again we've used this cute Seeing Stars Grunge fabric And you're going to need a yard or excuse me, 4 ¾ yards for that So this quilt is called 5440 or Fight And that was a dispute in the 1800's over borders between us and the British
54 40 Or Fight
