Table Cloths - old fashioned?

I use a table cloth at Christmas, it’s got a Christmas theme. I have a beauty with spring flowers I use for special occasions. Otherwise it’s the thick oil cloth wipe down

On my Victorian circular side table, it’s a series of hand embroidered, one of which I made along with mum

None of my children have table cloths

When we have a houseful of friends or family I put our old kitchen table at the end of the dining table. It is slightly lower and narrower so I had a board cut to put on top which brings it up to exactly he same height and width. This means we can seat up to sixteen people.

I have two cloths which cover the extra long table - one a plain dark green, which looks smart with our white crockery and is lovely for Christmas and the other a patterned pvc cloth which is easy to keep clean.

Charity shops often have lovely embroidered table cloths.
And at home, it’s always a pot of tea in the morning, sometimes again early evening. Drink mostly water in between, and the occasional cup of tea made in a big mug.

I've got loads of tablecloths, used sometimes until the table is given over to DIY etc. I've never bought one, all handed down by mother. Linen with embroidery, damask, drawn thread work, even a Coronation one printed with pictures. The trouble is they need a lot of careful laundry! Coronation one may come in handy this summer!

I use a plain white one in the dining room on the wooden table. I don’t use one in the kitchen on the kitchen table.

I'm with you GSM! They actually make some quite pretty lacey wipeable tablecloths. Though, having said that, one of my GS had a high old time picking at the lace that overhung the table until there was hardly any left one end of the table!

I use a tablecloth to protect the table. Except for a special occasion I like the wipeable variety, not keen on ironing!

I always use one for occasions to protect the table. Normally we just use mats. I’m going to order a wipeable one from Amazon to protect the table when we have friends for an Indian because it can stain. When we have people over we use a China tea pot that belonged to my grandma.

I love tablecloths and use ones which were embroidered by grandma, I don't mind if I'm thought old-fashioned.

I wonder if they may be found at market stalls, those which sell net curtains, cushion covers, and the like?

I only use one on special occasions, and sometimes that is only to hide an ugly home-made table extension .

My mum, 89, uses one all the time.

I don't recall my sons/dils ever using one.

I still use a tablecloth. It catches the crumbs from the toast and any splashes of gravy or yogurt. I always ‘shake the cloth’ after a meal.

It was a standing joke that when the GC were small and came for their tea after school that “Granny hasn’t put a clean tablecloth on because one of us is bound to spill something.”

I also still use antimicassars on my suite, don’t care if it makes me look like a throwback to Victorian times.

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No, I like and use them when I so desire. Mind you, I wouldn't ever know what's in fashion in any genre. I just do my own thing all the time.

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