How beautiful to put napkins in a glass?

Nowadays, more and more people attach importance to the aesthetics of food intake. To create the right mood at the table, it is important to pay attention to serving, which is impossible without napkins. Very often, both tissue and paper napkins are placed in a glass - this is not only convenient, but also beautiful.

In addition to the decorative function, napkins are primarily necessary in order to keep hands and face clean, to protect clothes. Therefore, their presence on the table is mandatory. And so that the serving process does not cause trouble, generally accepted recommendations should be followed.

1. Both paper and cloth napkins should be on the table. Since it is paper that removes the most abundant contaminants, there should be a sufficient amount of them.
2. Napkins, tablecloths and other tableware items should be combined with each other. White is considered ideal as it suits everything and does not attract too much attention.
3. Composing even a simple composition takes time. In order not to spoil the mood with the hustle and bustle before the feast and to prevent possible difficulties, it is better to choose the most successful styling option in advance, find suitable glasses for this and practice.
4. To avoid embarrassing situations, napkins should be located in an accessible area. For this, a glass is ideal next to a plate next to each of those present. Paper napkins can be placed in common glasses at the rate of one for no more than three people present - while they do not need to be filled too tightly to avoid the remaining ones falling out when one napkin is taken out.If they fall to the floor or into nearby dishes, they will have to be replaced - so it is best to make two or three spare sets.
5. It is not necessary to construct too complex figures and compositions., since etiquette prescribes to take out the napkins at ease and unfold in one motion, slightly shaking the corner. However, they should not look too wrinkled and sloppy.
6. It is important to remember about hygiene when setting the table. - Hands must be clean or, even better, with gloves.

Today it is difficult to imagine both a festive and everyday meal without paper napkins. They are not only practical and convenient, but also easy to decorate. A glass may well replace a napkin holder, while it is better to use varieties with a wide neck. Napkins can be positioned inside in different ways.

• In the form of a funnel of triangles overlapping in a circle. If one of the sides of a paper blank is turned to the center and slightly bent back, getting a small fold, the funnel will come out more interesting. If the napkins are arranged in several rows, then the outer one can be bent down, hiding the glass under them.

• You can assemble a two-color funnel by alternating contrasting triangles. Their free corners must be inserted into each other, shifting each next level downward by the same distance. At the end, you need to give the funnel a rounded shape, straightening it from the inside.

• An equally popular option than the above is various tubes. To do this, the napkin is rolled into a roll starting from any corner. If you fold it diagonally and fold it loosely before that, the tube will turn out to be shorter and more voluminous. If you put another one, of a contrasting color, on the expanded workpiece, but at the same time shift the corners, when you roll it up, you will get a striped tube.

• If the glasses are not round, but square, you can roll the napkins into strips of the appropriate width., put them in a pile and place so that the upper ends crumble in the form of a fountain on both sides.

Quite interesting figures of birds or animals can be folded from paper napkins, but flowers are still the most popular. To make a delicate lotus, you must follow the instructions.

• Take about 20 napkins of a suitable color and a wide glass.
• Without unfolding, bend each over the edge so that the corners look down. Each subsequent one should be positioned with a slight offset to the right.
• Work well on the folds and turn over.

Cloth napkins for serving are used not only because they look more solid on the table. According to etiquette, they cover the knees with them to protect clothes, and they also blot not very dirty fingertips. They can also be put in a glass or glass - you just have to choose one of the most suitable options for decoration.

One of the main ways of folding napkins is "fan". It looks simple, elegant and solemn at the same time. Here's what it takes.

• Spread the canvas on a flat surface.
• Wrap the edge of the napkin first on the front side and then on the wrong side. Go to the end in such a zigzag.
• The resulting strip can be bent in half and put in a glass with the fold down - then the fan will be more magnificent. Or roll up half in the form of a roll, which will serve as the base, and spread the upper part wider.

In a glass or wine glass, a napkin resembling a tulip looks exquisite. It can be set up with a short step-by-step instruction.

• Spread the canvas, fold in half.
• Fold the corners so that you get two petals on top.
• Bend the lower acute corner to the other side to the level of the previous ones, so that the third petal is obtained.
• Place the flower in a glass, slightly bend the edges to give the desired shape.

Another rare and simple scheme will help you create delicious calla lilies.

• The diagonally folded canvas must be rolled up in the form of a narrow funnel starting from the corner.
• Fold the upper free edge of the funnel in the opposite direction a little more than half.

The graceful flower figurine fits any glass, even the narrowest.

Despite the spectacular appearance and name, such a flower is created as quickly as possible.

• We fold the canvas diagonally and further into a strip about three centimeters wide (as wide as possible). We straighten it and begin to twist it with a slight downward displacement, imitating a half-opened bud.
• If there is a suitable green napkin, fold it diagonally, and then again in half and place it in the glass so that the corners look out.

There are two ways to fold a candle-shaped napkin. The first one is pretty simple.

• At the napkin folded in half diagonally, turn the base (fold) 2-4 centimeters upward - depending on the ratio of the base and the "flame". If you make another fold, the lower part will be thicker, but shorter.
• Turn the workpiece over, and roll it into a tight roll. Hide the tips at the base inside. Hand shape the top (flame).

The candles formed in the second way look sleeker, thinner and taller.

• Spread out the napkin, and roll up a long roll starting from any corner. For neatness, you can screw it on a skewer or other thin, long object that you can simply pull out at the end.
• If the resulting roll is bent in half, you get two candles (they look better if they are of different heights). And you can also twist the base from one edge, sealing it in a glass or glass - then there will be one candle.

The original serving of the napkin, with its shape reminiscent of a bunny with long ears, will decorate not only an Easter lunch. And this is not so difficult to do if you practice.

• We fold the napkin in half twice - we get a wide strip of four layers.
• We wrap the narrow edges down and combine in the center so that we get a pentagonal shape that resembles a house.
• We wrap the lower corners to the center at right angles.
• We fold the right and left corners of the resulting rhombus to the center, and fold the upper triangle onto the back side (this will be the tail of the bunny).
• Once again we turn both upper corners to the center, inserting one into the other.
• Turn the napkin over, place it in a glass and straighten the ears.

It is believed that the stability of this figure depends on the stiffness of the napkin, however, the walls of the glass will help to maintain its shape and correct imperfections, if any.

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