I agree with the others that a vinyl tablecloth would not hold up to washing it often. I am making denim and flannel rag quilts for my grandchildren and hoping that they use them as a picnic quilt. The first one I made I used 2 squares of flannel and then a square of denim. Never again-my sewing machine really bulked at that so I just stuck to 1 square of flannel and 1 square of denim-going much better.