Mexican tablecloths for my visitors and for Claudia.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
Chile
February 18, 2020 9:13am CST
Ever since I went to Mexico for the first time with my husband, the only mantels I have had in the dining room table are some beautiful ones that depict the Aztec sun. The cloth is such that nothing can stain it and it can be washed in the bathroom sink and put it in the sun to dry. It does not wrinkle.
Since that first one, over 20 years ago, until now, I have bought one every time I go to Mexico. This last time, when I went to Ciudad de México with my daughters, as I wasn´t sure I would return, I bought 2 instead of one.
Today I put them on my bed so that Claudia could choose one. They are old so they can be used for everyday eating. And I will use 2 old ones for the tables outside. One for the terrace and one for the garage. I´m wondering if Luna will play with them. Now she does not harm the clothes I set to dry outside.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Feb 20
I got a picture of the Aztec sun from Pixabay. I have several tablecloths made of agave. The color of my tablecloths are sand like.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
21 Feb 20
She took the new one that was poliéster and an old one of my agave mantels.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
24 Feb 20
@just4him She needed some and bought one for visitors. I gave her a new one and an old one for everyday use. With children, one is just too little.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Feb 20
@marguicha That's good she liked them and took a couple.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Feb 20
@DianneN I used placemats when the daughters were small until I discovered that they managed to get the food on the table. End of the placemats. Then I discovered this magic table mantels made from agave. I can wash them in a jiffy either in the washing machine or by hand.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Feb 20
The first one I bought is over 25 years old. And I use them everyday.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
18 Feb 20
@marguicha That’s great!
I just use placemats in Florida. lol
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Feb 20
She did. And I also had a round tablecloth of another material . I had never used it so I gave it to her.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
18 Feb 20
They definitely look beautiful. And they are surely easy and cheap to maintain.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Feb 20
They are all made with a cloth from the agave, a sort of cactus.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
21 Feb 20
@arunima25 Aztecs made their clothes with that long before Columbus reached America.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
20 Feb 20
@marguicha Oh! That's interesting. I had never known of it. It's another natural fiber and so quite environment friendly too
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
18 Feb 20
that is a truly beautiful tablecloth. I would be afraid to eat on them!
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Feb 20
I got a picture of the Aztec sun, but the actual tablecloth is made of a type of agave, a plant that has had lots of uses since the times of the Mayas.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
21 Feb 20
@DocAndersen It is. I hve bought one of those tablecloths ever since the first time I went to Mexico.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
21 Feb 20
I´m giving several things I don´t use to my kids.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Feb 20
That´s not the actual color of my mantels. They are natural sand.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
18 Feb 20
They look so nice and are durable as well
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
19 Feb 20
@marguicha I'm glad. I also rebuy durable and good stuff
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