How to put napkins on a festive table beautifully?

Many housewives, laying the table, do not forget about serving it, because it is an integral part of any successful feast. Beautiful and correctly laid appliances, unusually wrapped napkins, flower vases and bread bins - all this creates a special feeling of celebration and comfort, improves the guests ’appetite and cheers them up.

It is very important to correctly and harmoniously place napkins on the festive table, because they are its obligatory aesthetic part. To do this correctly, be sure to pay attention to the features of the serving and some other important points:

• Since napkins are paper and fabric, you need to work with each of the varieties in its own way, taking into account the characteristics of each of the materials. However, both can be laid out in the form of a variety of figures.

• It is very important to choose napkins for the general style of table design, their color and design should be in harmony with the overall picture.
• On one festive table at the same time there should be both cloth napkins and paper. This is due to the fact that fabric products are intended solely so that people do not stain clothes, they do not wipe their hands, as this is considered bad form. Paper options are disposable, guests can use them at their discretion.

• To lay napkins beautifully and set the table, choose fabric napkins with synthetic additives. At the festive table, they will not look dented and will take on the form that you give them.

• If there are already plates on the table, then cloth napkins can be placed on them or laid between the fork and the knife. There are a lot of design options. If initially you do not assume the presence of plates on the table, then instead of them, be sure to put beautifully folded napkins.

• Textile and paper products can be stacked in special decorative wine glasses, glasses and napkins.
• By all rules, it is forbidden to fold napkins and make various figures out of them with dirty or wet hands, otherwise their appearance can be completely ruined, and as a result, guests will not succeed.

• After washing, fabric items are very important to starch. In the future, it will be easier for you to give them the desired shape. It is best to iron them slightly moist.

Decorating the holiday table with your own hands will not be difficult, especially if you follow all the basic recommendations.

Beautifully and originally folded napkins can be in the form of a variety of figures, animals and flowers.

A very unusual and yet easy way is Christmas paper napkin laying. This option is perfect for a festive New Year or Christmas table. To do this, you will need ordinary standard size paper napkins, the color can be any, but the green or red options will look most colorful, which will instantly create a festive atmosphere on the table.

Operating procedure:

• Place the napkin with the corners down.
• In order of priority, you should bend its lower corners in an upward direction. First you need to take the top layer of the napkin and bend it up, but not reaching the very end.
• The next layer must also be bent up, but not reach the previous one.
• Thus, you should bend all layers of the napkin.
• Now the workpiece needs to be turned on its reverse side. To form the very Christmas tree, it is necessary to bend both its parts symmetrically, as it were, in the middle.
• After that, turn the Christmas tree face up and bend its upper corner.
• Next, each layer on the front side should be bent under the previous one.

You can beautifully file such a decoration from plain paper by placing it in the middle of the plate. As additional decorations for such a product, you can use cones.

The easiest and most original way can be creating a fan of paper napkins in several colors. Even inexperienced craftswomen who want to beautifully decorate the table can do it.

To create an original fan, you need to purchase paper napkins of different sizes and colors.

Operating procedure:

• Pre-fold each of the napkins twice.
• Put a small one on a large napkin.
• Then from the selected edge, you need to start folding both napkins with an accordion. You need to make an accordion exactly to the middle.
• Next, you need to turn the workpiece on the back side and put it so that the folded accordion is on the right and the free edge of the napkin is on the left.
• The free edge should be bent down, and the tip that remains from the bottom should be turned back and also bent. This is done in order to create a kind of support-stand for our fan.
• The final stage will be the expansion of the fan.

Such "fan-shaped" products are perfect for any festive table, whether it is a feast in honor of a birthday or a Christmas dinner with your family.

Very easy to assemble paper a napkin in the shape of a candle. For this, it is best for you to use large paper napkins. They can be monophonic and with small patterns:

• Expand the napkin and lay it face down. Bend it diagonally to make a triangle.
• At the bend, make a strip no more than 2 centimeters.
• Now you should twist the so-called tube, which should turn out on a stand.
• The remaining and protruding corner must be tucked inside the resulting candle.

To make the resulting product even more original, you can even put a real candle in it. However, it is best to do this only if you did not use a paper towel, but a fabric, to create this shape.

You can also make beautifully a textile napkin in the form of an envelope or the so-called sachet for cutlery:

• Fold your chosen napkin in a rectangular shape, be sure to face it inward.
• About a third of the top layer needs to be turned down, so you get the so-called central fold.
• Next, you should unfold the napkin on the other side. Both edges need to be folded so that they are connected in the center.
• Repeat the same again.
• Fold the necessary cutlery in the resulting pocket.

Cutlery in an “envelope” of burlap, decorated with a bow and decorative lace, looks very original. However, most often such envelopes are sewn.

You can also fold napkins yourself in the form of:

• a bunny;

• flower (the simplest is a rose);

• peacock;

• bow;

• pineapple and lotus (suitable for very festive tables).

It is not uncommon when housewives with skillful hands bring beautiful figures to life using the origami technique. Decorating a table with such inventions is a whole art that will be appreciated by each guest.

Tips and tricks:

• Creating a beautifully decorated table may require not only time, but also patience. If you have already chosen how to arrange the napkins, do not forget to also arrange the dishes, cutlery, glasses and glasses correctly. Table etiquette in this case plays a very important role. It cannot be ignored, otherwise all efforts with napkins will be in vain.

• Do not be afraid of experiments. Boldly bring your most unusual ideas to life. Try to create your own figures using different types of textile and paper products. Use not only monophonic options, but also with various patterns and patterns.

• If you want to please the guests and show them how good you are, get only high-quality fabric napkinsthat emphasize the whole sophistication of your holiday table. The most profitable and practical are cotton and satin. They are not only pleasant to the touch, but also perfectly retain their shape. Linen napkins are rather capricious during washing, but they are no less popular than all other types of fabrics.

For a business dinner, you can choose beautiful decorative rings that will keep the shape of your chosen napkins. Using these rings, you can fold textile napkins in a variety of ways.

For example, on a children's holiday with the help of small and unusual rings, you can make unusual bows from napkins, which will surely please not only kids, but also parents.

You can decorate the table for the women's holiday with a soft and light tablecloth with contrasting napkins in wine glasses. Their installation can be performed by any of the methods you like or come up with.

Original and effortlessly, you can decorate cutlery separately.To do this, you just need to tie them in the shape of a scarf with any rag cloth. This is very easy to do, but it is desirable that the fabric is as light and airy as possible.

Options for pockets from napkins of various shapes can complement any festive table. This is a great solution if a man’s anniversary is planned. Such strict and at the same time originally folded napkins-pockets will not leave indifferent both guests and households. It is not uncommon when decorators add sprigs of fresh flowers or any other decorative ornaments to pockets made of textiles with cutlery.

You can put napkins on the holiday of a young lady in the form of roses. At the same time, flowers can be placed both on a plate and next to it. You can collapse flowers from paper napkins and from textile. The second, of course, look more impressive.

If you don’t want to spend a lot of time creating unusual shapes, simply place paper napkins in a beautiful napkin holder that will suit the general style of the table.

For how easy it is to fold napkins for the festive table, see the next video.