ios: Background behind embedded table: How can I make the embedded table and the background image grow?

I basically want to embed a table view in a more complex view. At the beginning of the table there should be a certain header and below a certain footer. So far I didn't do this with the conventional header/footer of a table but instead put these two sections on my "parent" view surround this embedded table view. So now I want a background image which surrounds the header until and including the footer (and of course with that also the table). I've done the exact thing with a static table using an image view placed on my parent view surround the complete table. But what if I want to embed a dynamic table? Is there any possibility to let this embedded table grow and shrink? So a user doesn't need to scroll the embedded table view, but rather the table view "grows" so no scrolling of the table view itself is necessary but rather the surrounding parent view? And of course with this "growing" table how can I adjust the background image accordingly? The static version looks like this: