The artist Hilary Knight is her son and he says that his most famous image of Eloise was inspired by one of his mother's paintings.

[3] Sturges married Clayton Knight, who was a World War One pilot that went on to become an illustrator and writer.

[1] In 1929, she was amongst a group of artists and designers like her husband, Ralph Barton and Helen Dryden who were offering "message prints" on silk for "flappers" to wear at Palm Beach.

[4] She took on a range of work that included advertising artwork for McCullum hosiery and silver designs by Oneida Limited.

Sturges also created fabric and jewellery designs that were inspired by Peruvian culture after she was sent by the department store, Macy's, to South America.