How to beautifully fold napkins on the festive table?

When laying the table, many housewives do not forget about serving it, because it is an integral part of any successful feast. Beautiful and correctly laid appliances, unusually wrapped napkins, vases with flowers and breadbaskets - 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 lay out the napkins on the festive table, because they are an obligatory aesthetic part of it. To do this correctly, be sure to pay attention to the serving features and some other important points:

• Since napkins are paper and cloth, 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 of them can be laid out in the form of a variety of figures.

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

• For beautifully styled napkins and table setting, choose synthetic napkins. On the holiday table, they will not look wrinkled and will take the shape that you give them.

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

• Textile and paper products can be placed in special decorative wine glasses, glasses and napkin holders.
• According to all the rules, it is forbidden to fold napkins and make various figures out of them with dirty or wet hands, otherwise you can completely ruin their appearance, and as a result, the guests will not be able to celebrate.

• It is very important to starch the fabrics after washing. In the future, it will be easier for you to give them the desired shape. It is best to iron them slightly damp.

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

Napkins can be folded in a beautiful and original way in the form of various figures, animals and flowers.

A very unusual and at the same time easy way is laying paper napkin in the form of a herringbone... This option is perfect for a festive New Year's or Christmas table. To do this, you need ordinary paper napkins of a standard size, the color can be any, but the green or red options will look the 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, bend its lower corners upwards. To begin with, you should take the top layer of the napkin and bend it up, but not reaching the very end.
• The next layer must also be folded up, but not up to the previous one.
• Thus, all layers of the napkin should be folded.
• Now the workpiece needs to be turned over to its reverse side. To form that very Christmas tree, you should symmetrically bend both of its parts, as it were, in the middle.
• Then you should turn the Christmas tree with the front side and bend its upper corner.
• Further, each layer on the front side should be folded under the previous one.

You can beautifully serve such a decoration made of plain paper by placing it in the middle of the plate. Cones can be used as additional decorations for such a product.

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

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

Operating procedure:

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

Such "fan" products are perfect for any festive table, whether it is a birthday party or a Christmas dinner with the family.

It is very easy to assemble the paper a napkin in the shape of a candle. For this, your best bet is to use large paper napkins. They can be monochromatic or with small patterns:

• Unfold the napkin and place it face down. Fold it diagonally to form a triangle.
• Make a strip of no more than 2 centimeters at the fold.
• Now you need to twist the so-called tube, which should turn out on the stand.
• The remaining and protruding corner must be tucked into 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 used a cloth rather than a paper napkin to create this shape.

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

• Fold the napkin of your choice into a rectangular shape, be sure to face inward.
• About a third of the top layer must be folded down, so you get the so-called center fold.
• Next, you should unfold the napkin with the other side. Fold both edges so that they meet at the center.
• Do the same thing one more time.
• Put the necessary cutlery in the resulting pocket.

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

You can also fold napkins on your own in the form of:

• bunny;

• a flower (a rose is considered the simplest);

• 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 every guest.

Tips and tricks:

• Creating a beautifully set table can take not only time but patience as well. If you have already chosen how to arrange the napkins, be sure to arrange the dishes, cutlery, glasses and glasses as well. In this case, table etiquette plays a very important role. It cannot be ignored, otherwise all efforts with napkins will be in vain.

• Don't be afraid to experiment. Boldly translate your most unusual ideas into reality. Try to create your own figurines using different types of textiles and paper products. Use not only plain options, but also with different patterns and patterns.

• If you want to please guests and show them how good a hostess you are, buy only high quality cloth napkins, which will emphasize all the sophistication of your festive table. The most profitable and practical are cotton and satin products. They are not only pleasant to the touch, but also perfectly retain their shape. Linen napkins are quite 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. These rings can be used to fold textile napkins in a variety of ways.

For example, for a children's party, 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 tablecloth of a gentle and light shade with contrasting napkins in glasses. Their styling can be done in any of the ways you like or come up with.

You can decorate cutlery individually in an original way and effortlessly.To do this, you just need to tie them in the shape of a scarf using any cloth. This is very easy to do, but it is desirable that the fabric be as light and airy as possible.

Variants of pockets made of 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 for decorators to add sprigs of fresh flowers or any other decorative ornaments to textile pockets with cutlery.

You can lay out napkins at a young lady's holiday in the form of roses. In this case, the flowers can be placed both on the plate and next to it. Flowers can be folded both from paper napkins and from textile ones. The latter, of course, look more impressive.

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

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