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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 2947378, member: 13464&quot;]Very pretty! Sorry I&#039;m late to the party! Yes, they DID sell them &quot;unhemmed&quot; - late 1800&#039;s through maybe 1920&#039;s? My grandmother and great grand had a lot of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me that some had the complete design contained within x amount of inches; and others had just a running border - to which you could cut it off anywhere. The selvages were not generally hemmed. Sometimes they even sold them with the framed border AND x amount of napkins in the next length. Those would probably have to be hemmed on at least 3 sides - maybe four depending on where they lay in the fabric.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to use it, yes you would want to hem it and I&#039;d definitely hem it before washing; else it would ravel. Whether or not you do it by hand or machine depends on your skills and preferences. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for cutting it. I wouldn&#039;t IF it was a complete design. If it is just a running border and there was enough length for two; I suppose you could. But in my mind the value would be higher if in one length of tablecloth.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to sell... I&#039;d sell as it is. As you say it is relatively clean and unused. If you were bent on washing before selling: I&#039;d carefully remove the two labels and send them along with the fabric.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun!</p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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