Valori is a professional quilter, author, fabric and pattern designer, painter, and photographer. In addition to these, she also co-owns the Stitchin Post in Sisters, Oregon. She came to quilting through osmosis, having a mother who shared her love of quilting and opened the Stitchin Post in 1975. Valori s love of photography led her to a bachelor s degree in fine arts, focusing on black-and-white photography. Photography and printmaking brought her to her present career as a fabric designer. Since 1997 she has been presenting a new look to the quilting world and beyond; her fabrics portray la...