1171-D, Retail Price $25.00

Fits minimum 150mm x 240mm hoop.
Available in PES, PCS, HUS, CSD, DST, EXP, JEF, XXX, and SEW formats.

For real lighthouse enthusiasts, these large designs make great corner blocks on a lighthouse quilt! Line the perimeter of the quilt with a selection of miniature lighthouses!

COMING SOON:
Regionalized Lighthouse Quilt Designs!

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LIGHTHOUSE HISTORY

Construction of the Hatteras lighthouse was authorized in 1794, but no brick was laid until late 1799. The light went into service in October of 1803. In the beginning, no one could see the light. After many complaints, the lighthouse board ordered the tower raised to 150 feet and was fitted with a first order Fresnel lens.

At the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederates took the lens and ruined the light. The Union got the lighthouse up and running again in June 1862. The light was still not good enough. After the war, the lighthouse board finally replaced it with a new 193 foot brick tower, making Hatteras the tallest brick lighthouse in the U.S. The lens in the new tower was in operation by mid December of 1871. Shortly after, the old tower was blown up to keep it from falling or damaging the new one. Sailors agreed that the new lighthouse was much better than the old one.

Beach erosion threatened to take Cape Hatteras, so in 2000, it was moved inland so that it would not fall into the ocean.