About Us
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Valori Wells
Valori Wells is an artist, fabric designer, and photographer with over 25 years of professional experience. Known for her bold, unique block prints, Valori’s work in the fabric arts reflects her vibrant and fearless approach to creativity. A lifelong artisan, she is also the owner of The Stitchin’ Post, a world-renowned quilt and fabric shop in Sisters, Oregon, where she inspires and educates others through classes and workshops across various art forms.
Valori is the visionary host of Quilter’s Affair, an annual artisan retreat in Sisters that attracts over 1,200 students and 36 teachers from around the globe. This week-long event celebrates creativity and community, embodying Valori’s passion for helping others explore and unleash their creative potential.
Joyful, generous, and endlessly curious, Valori thrives on experimenting with new mediums and bringing others into her playful artistic world. Whether through her fabric designs, her photography, or her engaging workshops, she is dedicated to inspiring creativity in everyone she meets.
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Kelly Sheets
Kelly Sheets works with people who are curious about what else is possible in their lives and who want to experience more freedom, creativity, fulfillment, and joy.
Through her private work, Kelly helps people see themselves and their lives in new ways, reconnect with their own wisdom, and discover a more natural way of living and creating. Her approach is grounded in the understanding that meaningful change often begins with a shift in perspective—one that opens up new possibilities and allows life to feel lighter, more expansive, and more fully their own.
Kelly brings this same spirit of curiosity and possibility to Creatives Retreats. A lifelong explorer, she has spent decades traveling, learning, and experiencing different cultures. She believes that stepping into new places, meeting new people, and seeing the world differently can open us to parts of ourselves we may have forgotten or never fully known.
At Creatives Retreats, Kelly creates space for meaningful conversations, fresh perspectives, and the kind of experiences that remind us how much possibility, creativity, and joy are available in our lives.