What I do when I see a quilt (or whatever) and want to find out the pattern name but don't want to read through pages and pages of posts to see if it has been answered is:
--Go to the profile of the person who made the quilt
--Click on the blue "list" by "messages posted"
--Scan through the messages to see if she or he has answered the question.
It helps to know the title of the thread in case the person has posted bunches of messages. Then you can look for any messages that she has posted relating to the topic she created.
Is this clear as mud??:):)