My grandmother and I and a few of my cousins made a crocheted table cloth for a table that seat 8 with a 12" drop. It was Cathedral center. She passed away 6 weeks before I got married. When she passed I looked for the table cloth to use on my bridal dinner table. I explained that I thought it was a way to remember her and I thought it would be something that all the grandkids could use at their bridal tables. We looked everywhere. My father found it out in the garage in pieces. One of the relatives who used it for body work design cut it into pieces. I just wanted to pass it around. I remember many dinners on that table cloth. You could use the quilt at a large table, just put a large sheet of clear plastic to protect it. Each family could sitat that section of the quilt. i'm afraid if it were deconstructed, you would really regret it.