wool (pieced and hand quilted) 240 x 240 cm (96 x 96") My process in making Alberta (1990) followed the lead of early 19-Century British quilters who gathered leaves to study in the evenings as they planned their quilting patterns. What makes Alberta different from a traditional “whole cloth quilt” is the four Cruise Missile silhouettes that interrupt the central diamond “filler” quilting. At the time I made this quilt, the Cruise was being tested in northern Alberta.