How to fold a napkin for cutlery?

To beautifully design a festive table, you should pay special attention to serving. The arrangement of cutlery is determined by the number of dishes, but with the help of originally folded napkins, you can give the table sophistication and originality, add a serving of solemn notes. Folding napkins like many women, especially those who are engaged in needlework.

To properly set the table, it is worth using table napkins. They can be of two types: paper or textile. Designed to protect clothes from food during meals, and also act as a luxurious decorative element.

Today in the world there are several options for serving tables with cutlery. In Russia, it is customary to use a glass, a plate (bread, decorative and soup), a spoon (for the first dish), a fork (for the second dish) and a knife for dinner. But this set can be expanded if desired.

When using napkins, you should follow a few simple rules:

• The fabric is designed to protect the knees. According to etiquette, it does not need to be pushed under the collar.
• If it is necessary to leave the table for a short while, then the napkin should be put on the back of the chair or carefully left next to your plate. Although some regard the location of the napkin to the left of the plate as completing a meal.
• Expand a beautifully folded napkin is only after a dish has appeared on the table.
• Etiquette is forbidden to actively wave a napkin or very long and thoroughly wipe her mouth.

Modern housewives very often use linen napkins or paper products for a stylish decoration of cutlery. The most convenient and attractive option is the envelope. It is ideal to pack a fork, knife and spoon beautifully and elegantly.

The main stages of creating an envelope:

• To begin with, fold the napkin in half, with the front side located inside. Below you must leave a bend.
• Next, you should again fold in half a napkin. It is necessary to bend one layer of material so that as a result the corner is located at the bottom left.
• Then it is necessary to do the same action with the second layer of material, while the angle should be in contact with the central fold.
• The first corner also needs to be bent, but only from below, and at the same time it should be in contact with the second corner, but along the line of the central fold.
• Now it remains to bend the corners back, namely: the lower right and upper left, and then put the fork, knife and spoon in such a pocket.

Another way to create a serving fabric envelope, which not only looks unusual and attractive, but is also ideal for decorating a banquet in the open air. To do it, you need to follow these steps:

• It is necessary to wrap in the middle the fourth part of the product on the left side.
• Next, bend the napkin in half.
• Then you need to bend back the lower part.
• The figure should be deployed diagonally, while the open side should be located at the top.
• The corners on the left and on the right must be bent into the middle (back).

Exquisitely decorated fork will allow properly located fabric napkin. To begin with, it should be folded diagonally, then bend its lower edge 2 cm and make several folds that need to be pulled through the cloves of the fork. After that, the decorated cutlery can be laid on a plate or near it.

A napkin in the shape of a heart looks bright and stylish. To create such a decoration, you must adhere to the following scheme:

• The napkin needs to be folded in length so that its sides are located in the middle, and then curled in such a way as to hide all the edges.
• Then it is necessary to bend the two ends of the formed rectangle at an angle of 90 degrees, while the remaining free parts should be identical in size. For the formation of roundness, the corners located at the top should be carefully turned inwards.

The decorative pillow with ears looks original. To create it, you must perform the following steps:

• It is necessary to place a napkin in the form of a square on a flat surface, and then fold it diagonally.
• One of the sides should be folded into a tube, and then the free edges should be folded to the middle, while they should look only two or three centimeters.
• It remains to turn the product over and make the ears.
• On such a pillow various cutlery look beautiful.

Another popular way to create an attractive napkin for convenient and beautiful placement of cutlery with a device is the frame:

• The napkin should be folded in half so that the ends of the product are interconnected in a central line.
• Further, the product must be turned over and this action repeated again, but already using only short sides.
• Corners must be bent outward to get a frame.

To make a slanting envelope, it is enough to perform a few simple steps:

• You need to take a square napkin and fold it twice, while not losing its original shape.
• Several upper layers must be folded diagonally, while the sides located on the sides need to be bent inward.

An envelope with a border is a bright option for creating an elegant dining table. To form such a envelope should:

• Place the product on a flat surface.
• Raise the lower part of the napkin to the middle, and then bend two or three centimeters to create a border.
• Turn the product over, and then bend the upper part to the middle.
• The sides are laid on top of each other, and then repeat the turn of the product.

Many are attracted by a napkin in the form of a torch. To try wrapping the cutlery in such a beautiful and original way, you will need:

• Fold the napkin twice, resulting in a square.
• The top layer of the product must be rolled up into a tube, but only to the middle.
• The corners on the sides must be turned inside.

When decorating the table, the napkin design plays a huge role, because it can become an exquisite decoration or even a real work of art.

Often, already decorated napkins are used for the restaurant, so that the waiters can quickly decorate the table for the right number of people. Attractive serving of dishes and cutlery is always very popular with customers.

The classic solution for folding tissue wipes is a "diagonal sachet", which externally has a lot to do with the envelope. This option includes separate pockets for each cutlery. You should unfold the napkin and fold it exactly in half, while doing this should be done vertically, and then also diagonally. The result is a square where you need to bend the upper right corner, and then move it to the lower left corner.

Similar actions should be done several more times, forming the required number of pockets.

After that, the formed figure needs to be halved: first, perform actions on the left side, and then on the right. Diagonal pockets must be placed at the top.

Beautiful table decoration with cutlery and napkins requires a little training. A master class for everyone who creates comfort in their home, see below.