Fifty-Four Forty

Authors

Linda Lowe

Files

Description

Quilt pattern from the Linda Lowe Quilt Patterns Collection titled Fifty-Four Forty.

Publication Date

1980

Disciplines

Art and Design | Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts

Comments

This pattern is also called 54-40 or Fight. While the instructions of the quilt pattern dates circa 1930s, the name is from President Polk's wish to make a new norther border for the Oregon Territory at the 54°40′ north line of latitude in 1844. Polk's female supporters immortalized his campaign slogan, “54-40 or Fight,” with a quilt block pattern.

There is about a 90-year difference between Polk's slogan and when the pattern instructions were first published.

Recommended Citation

Lowe, Linda, "Fifty-Four Forty" (1980). Linda Lowe Quilt Patterns Collection. 368.
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/lowe_quilt_patterns/368