How to fold napkins into a napkin holder?

A beautifully served table is the key to a good appetite of guests, their admiration and respect. A favorable first impression will support a good mood during the entire dinner party. Napkins seem to be an insignificant detail against the background of the general splendor of the serving, but if they are presented incorrectly, they can ruin everything.

Unsuccessfully folded napkins “jump out” of the vase, fall into salads, sauce, stain a snow-white tablecloth, confuse the guest, darken the evening. To prevent this from happening, you need to approach the filling of the napkin holder in all seriousness.

Table setting has occupied the minds of mankind for two and a half millennia, since when the ancient Greeks and Romans arranged their feasts. Their tables were decorated with garlands of flowers, and food was served on expensive dishes. A modern hostess, while waiting for guests, also uses the best dishes, tablecloths, napkins, applies little tricks that make dinner really enjoyable.

There are certain design rules:

• The topic of the meeting should be reflected in the table layout. A formal event involves simple and rigorous decoration. Home holiday allows bright dishes, decorations and little things accepted in the family. A warm atmosphere is created for friends without lush excesses and too expensive dishes that can be broken, creating discomfort in communication. Table setting for a romantic evening is saturated with tenderness, bright colors.Candles and napkins in the form of flowers or birds are indispensable attributes of such meetings.
• Choosing utensils, tablecloths, appliances, napkins and decorations for serving, you should take into account their compatibility (color, design), then you will get a harmoniously set table.
• Do not forget about the piece of furniture. The table is obliged to accommodate all guests, determining each personal space, so that you do not have to push each other with elbows.

• No matter how old the tablecloth, it should look like new. Even the most expensive dishes will look fancy on a sloppy canvas. Do not allow too long sagging of the edges of the tablecloth, maximum - to the seats of chairs.
• A table not decorated with flowers loses its festive appearance. Plants should be selected odorless so that they do not compete with the aroma of food.
• Dishes and appliances are selected according to the menu. It can be a table setting for a sweet table or a complete set for the first, second and third courses. Basic rules: the fork (with teeth up) is located to the left of the plate, the knife (with the blade inward) is located to the right.

• An important subject of table setting is a napkin holder. Paper napkins are installed for general use, textile napkins are next to each individual plate. They have different purposes. The former helps to keep hands and lips clean during dinner, while the latter take care of clothing: they cover their knees.

The standard rules that should be followed when setting the table help create a festive mood.

It would be boring to look at the table with napkins casually shoved into a glass and pieces of cloth laid out under plates. A properly served table has no trifles; everything is important to him. It's nice to see real origami in a napkin holder, and a flower made of textiles at the plate. You can do everything yourself, and there are a lot of ways.

For a beautiful supply of paper napkins, they can be placed in a glass: fold with an accordion, fold in half, fix the bending point, and fan into a glass container. Such an impromptu napkin holder needs to be delivered to each guest.

The fabric is folded until a strip four centimeters wide comes out. The napkin is folded along the length of the strip with an accordion, fixed at the base and unfold with a beautiful fan. Guests will be pleasantly surprised if the table is so refined.

A simple understandable form may be suitable for a discreet dinner.

The step-by-step instruction is as follows: so that the figure turns out to be the front side, the fabric should be laid out inside out. Bend the corners to the center. Turn the resulting square and pull the corners to the middle. Turn over and bend the edges again. Point with the sharp end up, you get a rhombus. Pull the right corner so that it goes outside, do the same with the other corners. Carefully smooth out the figure with your hands.

Folded cutlery or flowers look beautiful in pockets of textile napkins. Make them easy. The fabric napkin by folding method needs to be divided into four equal squares, fix the bending places with the iron and deploy again. Pull the corner of the lower left square towards the center. Do the same with the upper right corner, but do not go deep.

Then carefully fold the napkin in half vertically. At the top, it will be tucked inward. In the same way, the lower tip should be turned out. The neatly folded fabric forms a square. Turning it over with the back side, fold it into a vertical rectangle twice. The pocket is ready, it remains only to fill it with contents, including imagination.

Figurines of fish from paper napkins can be used at children's parties. To understand how to assemble them, you should consider the process in stages. Napkin must be folded twice diagonally, deploy. Define the centers on the lateral lines of the square, bring them together into a triangle. Fold each part along the axis, first return the right edge, then the opposite. Bring the left corner to the right diagonal, cover with the right edge of the triangle. Expand the triangle with the back side. Get a fish.

Roll a thin tissue napkin into a triangle. Tighten the wide part in the direction of the corner to the middle of the workpiece, just like an origami “boat”. Fold both ends of the “boat”, carefully tuck into the bends. Carefully open the pouch, creating a round shape. You can put pleasant little things in it.

Herringbone napkins perfectly support the winter theme not only for the New Year. They can decorate the table throughout the winter.

The tree will turn out more natural if the fabric is selected in green. So, you should fold the napkin twice, each time turning the layer upwards about two centimeters. Turning the product, turn the corners towards the center. The resulting triangle must be carefully turned over, and then form a Christmas tree, bending each layer and adjusting it to the previous one. The tree can be laid out on a plate, beautifully decorated to your taste.

Napkins are important for table decoration, being an integral element of hygiene. Equally, they can become an element of decor, as well as make an impression of the taste and education of the hostess. Maintaining the overall serving style, the right color is selected. If complexity is with taste, then you can choose white. They are universal, suitable for any holiday theme.

Bright colors are loved by children, red - by lovers. So, red can be emphasized during a romantic evening. For the New Year, green, blue and silver tones are suitable.

Napkins made of cloth are better to choose linen, ironed and starched to a crunch. They can be from the same fabric as the tablecloth, match their color or differ in several shades.

Napkins are not as simple as they seem. There are behavioral norms, that is, special rules of etiquette at the table:

• A textile napkin can be rolled up, fixed with beautiful elements, wrapped in an unusual figure - in a word, it is a work of art that is scary to touch. The etiquette says: if you filed a napkin, you should use it - be sure to unfold it and put it on the destination.
• It’s better to unfold the canvas after the owners, but not before serving the dish.

• The napkin is laid out on your lap. Modern etiquette does not provide for its location outside the collar.
• The canvas can be folded in half if it is large, but not to allow overhanging from the knees.
• Rising from the table, a napkin is left to the plate or on a chair.
• Paper napkins are placed on a plate at the end of dinner.

Table setting can look elegant, and if you work on it with inspiration, even napkins will become a work of art:

• A napkin lotus inspires a tea party. So I want to bring it to Japanese perfection.
• The red heart is simple. It is appropriate to save such hearts for a romantic evening, to use as an addition to the festive table on Valentine's Day.
• Napkins folded in the form of colored bananas will decorate the children's table.

• Children like the swans.They are also suitable for lovers, because these birds symbolize fidelity.
• The napkin is folded simply and clearly, nothing more. The handle of the inverted cup served as a napkin holder.
• A delicate wedding version of napkins is a real decoration for a sublime moment.
• A blue paper tulip is beaten by cutlery.

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