My grandmother quilted this many years ago. Does anyone know the name of the pattern?

My guess I'd call it a "Rolling Wheel" or "Carpenter's Wheel". Or some variation of Kaleidoscope.

Minus the little circle in the center, this is the same block as in my avatar - kaleidoscope.

sorry, don't know, but it is pretty

This is just an older fashioned Dresden Plate..sending you a picture..hope it helps..it is not a Carpenter's Wheel..that has 4 rounds and 8 points..!!

How about these:

http://www.robertkaufman.com/quiltin...doscope_quilt/

http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/ka...uilt-block.htm

http://www.mccallsquilting.com/qb/mc...905/index.html

http://www.clotilde.com/detail.html?prod_id=15100

It's not a dresden plate because other than that little circle, it's pieced, not appliqued, and there aren't any curves other than the circle. I agree with the pp who said kaleidoscope with the circle added.

At first glance I was sure that it was a Dresden Plate (without the folded ends to create the points), but after looking at it a little more it does look like an "un-kaleidoscoped" kaleidoscope block. For a while I thought kaleidoscopes were a fairly new technique, I've learned differently...it's possible your grandmother could have called it something else though. It kind of looks like a 'buggy wheel' block or whatever that's called too. :) Thanks for sharing!

What fun! I dearly love old quilts and the discussion about the name of this one.

It definitely has Wheel in the name. I've seen it EQ.