How to beautifully fold napkins in a napkin holder?

A beautifully served table is a guarantee of the guests' good appetite, their admiration and respect. A good first impression will keep you in a good mood throughout the entire dinner party. Napkins seem like an insignificant detail against the background of the overall splendor of the setting, but if presented incorrectly, they can ruin everything.

Unsuccessfully folded napkins will "jump out" of the vase, end up in salads, sauce, stain the snow-white tablecloth, confuse the guest, darken the evening. To prevent this from happening, you need to approach filling the napkin holder with all seriousness.

Table setting has occupied the minds of mankind for two and a half millennia, since 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 truly enjoyable.

There are certain rules for registration:

• The theme of the meeting should be reflected in the table setting. A formal event is designed with simple and austere décor. Home celebration allows for colorful tableware, decorations, and family-friendly little things. For friends, a warm atmosphere is created 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, light tones.Candles and napkins in the form of flowers or birds are irreplaceable attributes of such meetings.
• When choosing dishes, tablecloths, cutlery, napkins and decorations for serving, their compatibility (color, design) should be taken into account, then you will get a harmoniously laid table.
• Do not forget about the piece of furniture itself. The table is obliged to accommodate all guests, defining a personal space for each, so that you do not have to push each other with your elbows.

• No matter how old the tablecloth is, 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 the chairs.
• A table not decorated with flowers loses its festive look. Plants should be selected odorless so that they do not compete with the aroma of food.
• Dishes and cutlery are chosen according to the menu. This can be a setting for a sweet table or a complete set for the first, second and third courses. Basic rules: the fork (teeth up) is to the left of the plate, the knife (blade inward) is to the right.

• An important table setting item is a napkin holder. Paper napkins are set for general use, textile napkins are placed next to the plate for each individually. They have different purposes. The former help to keep hands and lips clean during lunch, and the latter take care of clothes: they cover the knees with them.

Standard rules to follow when setting the table help create a festive mood.

It would be boring to look at a table with napkins casually tucked into a glass and pieces of cloth laid out under the plates. A properly served table has no trifles, everything is important to him. It's nice to see real origami in the napkin holder, and a textile flower near the plate. Everything can be done with your own hands, and there are many ways.

For a beautiful presentation of paper napkins, they can be placed in a glass: roll up like an accordion, fold in half, fix the bend point, and fan into a glass container. Such an impromptu napkin holder should be supplied to each guest.

The fabric is rolled up until a strip four centimeters wide comes out. Along the length of the strip, the napkin is folded like an accordion, fixed at the base and unfolded in a beautiful fan. Guests will be pleasantly surprised if you decorate the table with such sophistication.

A simple, easy-to-understand shape can be perfect for a discreet dinner.

The step-by-step instructions are as follows: in order for the figure to turn out to be the front side, the fabric should be laid out with the wrong side up. Bend the corners to the center. Turn the resulting square over and pull the corners to the middle. Turn over and fold the edges again. Point upwards with the sharp end, you get a rhombus. Pull the right corner so that it goes out, do the same with the rest of the corners. Gently smooth out the figure with your hands.

Folded cutlery or flowers in textile napkin pockets look beautiful. It's easy to make them. A napkin made of fabric by folding should be divided into four equal squares, fixed with an iron at the bend points and unfolded again. Pull the corner of the lower left square to the center. Do the same with the upper right corner, but do not go deeper.

Then you need to carefully fold the napkin in half vertically. At the top, it will be tucked inward. In the same way, the bottom tip should be tucked outward. The fabric is neatly folded to form a square. Turning it over with its back side, it should be folded twice into a vertical rectangle. The pocket is ready, it remains only to fill it with the contents, turning on the imagination.

Figures of fish from paper napkins can be used at children's parties. To understand how to collect them, you should consider the process in stages. The napkin must be folded diagonally twice, unfold. Determine the centers on the side lines of the square, bring them together in a triangle. Along the axis, fold each part in turn, return back first 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 reverse side. Get a fish.

Roll a napkin made of thin fabric into a triangle. Tuck the wide part towards the corner to the middle of the workpiece, just like an origami "boat". Fold both ends of the "boat", carefully tuck into the bends. Gently straighten the pouch, creating a round shape. You can put nice little things in it.

Herringbone napkins will perfectly support the winter theme, not only for the New Year. They can be used to decorate the table throughout the winter.

The tree will turn out to be more natural if the fabric is selected in green. So, you should fold the napkin twice, each time tucking the layer up about two centimeters. Turning the product, you should wrap the corners towards the center. The resulting triangle must be carefully turned over, and then form a herringbone, 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 part of hygiene. Equally, they can become an element of decor, as well as give an impression of the taste and upbringing of the hostess. Maintaining the general serving style, the correct color is chosen. If the difficulty is with taste, then you can choose white. They are universal, suitable for any theme of the holiday.

Children love bright colors, lovers love red ones. So, red can be accentuated during a romantic evening. For the New Year, green, blue and silver tones are suitable.

It is better to choose linen napkins made of fabric, ironed and starched to a crisp. They can be from the same fabric as the tablecloth, match it in color, or differ by 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 into a tube, fixed with beautiful elements, wrapped in an unusual figure - in a word, it can be a work of art that is scary to touch. The etiquette says: if a napkin is served, you should use it - be sure to unfold it and put it at its destination.
• It is better to unfold the canvas after the owners, but not before the dish is served.

• The napkin is laid out on the lap. Modern etiquette does not provide for its location behind the collar.
• The canvas can be folded in half if it is large, but do not let it hang from your knees.
• When getting up from the table, the napkin is left to the left of the plate or on the chair.
• Paper napkins are folded into a plate at the end of dinner.

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

• The napkin lotus inspires the tea ceremony. I just want to bring it to Japanese perfection.
• The red heart is easy to do. It is appropriate to save such hearts for a romantic evening, to use as an addition to the festive table on Valentine's Day.
• The napkins folded in the shape of colored bananas will decorate the children's table.

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

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