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Vagts has more than 10 years of quilting experience, working as a freelance designer, quilt store owner, writer and quilt-pattern proofer. She currently freelances for several magazines, including Quilter's World, McCall's Quilting and McCall's Quick Quilts. Her quilt projects have also been published in 11 books.
For the past seven years, she has owned and managed The Village Quilt Shoppe in Lake Orion, Mich., where she designed a number of incentive programs, such as Blocks-of-the-Month, Stash Management Club, Breakfast Club and the community's annual quilt show.
Before that, she was the store manager for Always Christmas/Scottish Christmas, where she designed Christmas ornaments and store displays.
Vagts holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oakland Community College and Oakland University and a degree in floral design from Parker Floral Design.
Jeanne Stauffer, DRG editorial director for books and magazines, said, "Vagts brings a wealth of quilting experience. She has a fresh way of looking at quilts and quilting that I think our readership will appreciate, and we welcome her to DRG and look forward to working with her."
Quilter's World launched in 2000 and is published six times a year. It is available in print form and in a digital format from the magazine website at QuiltersWorld.com.
About DRG: DRG (DRGnetwork.com) is in its third generation of Muselman family ownership in Berne, Ind., near Fort Wayne. A leader in the craft and nostalgia markets, the company publishes magazines and books, and also offers kits and supplies under consumer brands that include Annie's Attic, Clotilde, American School of Needlework, House of White Birches and Good Old Days. Most print products are also available digitally via the Internet. One of DRG's divisions, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), provides state-of-the-art fulfillment and database marketing services out of facilities nestled in the rolling wooded landscape of East Texas, centered between Shreveport and Dallas. DRG's story began in 1925 with the founding of Economy Printing Concern in Berne. EP Graphics, as it is known today, is still owned by the family. It specializes in high-quality, four-color web printing for catalogs and magazines.