Colours of St. Lucia by Ann Sullivan Densleigh
Densleigh (Dennie) Anne Sullivan created this original quilt, Colors of St. Lucia, using a variety of tropical prints in aqua, teal, turquoise, peach and coral. She strip-pieced the fabrics and cut them into squares and circles similar to the traditional Drunkard’s Patch block. She embellished the quilt with thread painting, beading, and bridal tulle layered to create the sea coral. There are three-dimensional flowers and manipulated fabric for the palm trees. The finished size of this machine pieced, machine quilted, fabric art is 50″ by 50″.
There are two labels on this quilt. One is Dennie’s own decorative, descriptive label. The second had Dennie’s full name, address, and phone number. It is computer generated with waterproof ink and sewn on with tiny hand stitching.
In March 2001 this quilt won second place at the Arizona State Guild Show. It was also juried into a fibre art show at the Lincoln Gallery, Ft. Collins, Colorado for the month of July 2001.
Dennie’s quilt was featured in Louisa L. Smith’s book, “Strips ‘n Curves,” which was published by C&T Publications in November 2001. (There were two errors made when the book was printed. In the index, the quilt was incorrectly listed as being made by author of the book. They also incorrectly spelled the title using the American spelling of “colors” instead of the British version, “colours.”)
This quilt was last seen on August 28, 2001 when the author, Louisa L. Smith, sent it from Loveland, Colorado to Sun Lakes, Arizona.
If you have any information regarding this quilt, please contact Dennie at rdsully@worldnet.att.net.
