She has written and self-published patterns that include historical fiction based on a character named Lilly who “pieced the trail to Kansas” in a chapter-of- the-month format that was “hugely popular in the late 1990s,” Hagmeier says. Using vintage fabrics, many from her antique quilt collection, as inspiration, she re-colors and re-invents small florals and geometric patterns in her new lines of traditional fabric. Hagmeier describes her style as timeless and seasonless, resulting in quilts that she “loves and lives with every day” at her rural home in the small town of Bennington in north central Kansas. Next up, she’s producing a Kansas Troubles anniversary quilt to mark her 10 years with Moda Fabrics.

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