Vicki McCarty is the owner and designer of Calico Patch Designs. Vicki learned to quilt from her grandmother over 50 years ago in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1998, she began teaching quilting classes for Community Education and grew a small quilting community in Eastern Kentucky.

In 2000, she opened Calico Patch Quilt Shop and continued to teach sewing, quilting and embroidery as well as designing quilts for classes, shop hops and retreats.

In 2015 she introduced Calico Patch Designs nationwide. She has since lectured and taught at quilt shows and guilds across the country.

Vicki’s designs have been published in Better Homes & Gardens American Patchwork & Quilting, American Quilter, Primitive Quilts & Projects, Quilt Sampler, Simply Vintage, and AQS's OnPoint magazine. She and her quilting husband Tom McCarty, were featured as a Top Quilt Shop in the Better Homes & Gardens Fall 2018 Quilt Sampler with their project featured on the front cover.

In 2018, Vicki began designing fabric and in 2022, she collaborated with WonderFil to design a primitive colorway of Pearl Cotton Threads. In 2024, Vicki joined Riley Blake Designs with her new Stitcher’s Flannel.

Vicki’s style can be defined as “Refined Traditional.” She takes the complications out of traditional and brightens up the primitive. Vicki samples elements from each to create a fresh feel. She loves to mix wool applique with traditional cotton and flannel backgrounds to make blocks with quick and practical methods.

Vicki & Tom reside in Morehead, Kentucky, and have two sons and seven grandchildren. Her life revolves around her grands, gardening, outdoor life, canning, travel, and of course her love of stitching! Follow her on Instragram @calicopatchdesigns.