Valerie Riley went to Camberwell School of Art where Moira McNeil was one of her tutors. Royal School of Needlework in painting and design department. Ran an adult education embroidery workshop for eighteen years. Did a television series on general embroidery. A member of Tunbridge Wells Embroiderers Guild for may years and one time member of Beckenham Textile Group. Has exhibited at Libertys, Foyles, Woodland Gallery Greenwich, East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells.
