Napkins for table setting

Napkins for table setting are not only a decoration for a festive feast, but also the convenience of each guest. They can be carefully placed in a napkin holder, or you can make original and beautiful figures from them and place them near the cutlery. Good housewives must have the knowledge of how to fold beautifully napkins. This will help in any situation to make a festive table.

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What material for table setting is better to choose?

There are a lot of materials for decorating table setting today. But to match the decor, take yourself the following recommendations:

1. For an informal dinner with friends, bright paper scarves will be a great option for table decor.
2. For solemn occasions, monophonic canvases are more suitable, which will be in harmony with the dishes and tablecloth.

Important! An option that fits perfectly into any table design style is white paper or fabric small napkins.

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How to fold napkins?

Whatever material of napkins you choose, you should definitely think about how to put them on the table. The easiest option is to roll them four times and place them next to each device. But just a few simple manipulations with paper or fabric will help to give your holiday table an original and beautiful design. Consider a few tricks on how to do this.

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How to fold napkins into a napkin holder?

A napkin holder is a very useful item that facilitates the placement of napkins on a table, making it as convenient as possible for both the hostess and the guests. Depending on the shape of your napkin holder, the methods for folding napkins into it differ:

• If the napkin holder looks like a glass, glass or vase, then it is better to take large napkins for serving the table. Fully expand the canvas, fold a triangle from it and twist the figure with a tube. Bend the resulting tube in half and insert it into a napkin holder in this form.
• Make an accordion with fabric or paper with a fold width of 1-2 cm. Fold the corrugated paper or fabric in half and insert it into the napkin holder with the corner. The more fans in it, the more magnificent the composition will look.
• If your napkin holder is flat, then the best option is to fold the napkins nicely - put them in a fan. For greater aesthetics, take table paper in contrasting color and fold it into a napkin holder so that only the corner of each unit is visible. The napkin should be shifted one from another within 1 cm.

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How to fold paper napkins nicely?

Depending on the occasion of the feast, you can give a different shape to these items table setting. Consider the simplest and most beautiful of them.

Candle

The romantic atmosphere at the table will help create table paper folded in the shape of a candle. For this method, large monophonic dense serving canvases are more suitable.

The way to create a decor:

1. Expand the material and lay it face down.
2. Fold the paper diagonally to form a triangle.
3. Fold a strip 2 cm wide at the fold, then your paper should take the shape of a boat.
4. Roll the “boat” into the tube. Tuck the protruding corner inward.

Thus, you have a candle made of paper, which can be used as a candlestick for a real candle or just as a napkin for table setting.

Envelope for devices

For a business or family meeting, an excellent option is to fold the napkins in the form of an envelope and put cutlery in it. For this:

1. Fold the paper tablecloth four times so that its front side is out.
2. Turn one corner into strips up to 1.5 cm wide until you reach the diagonal of the square.
3. Flip the resulting shape and fold the right and left corners to the middle.
4. Turning back the paper web, you will get a kind of envelope in which cutlery can easily fit.

Herringbone

This option of table setting with paper napkins is ideal for a feast on New Year's holidays:

1. Fold one side of the folded four-piece table paper, not reaching the edge of about 1 cm.
2. Do the same with the next three sides.
3. Turn the paper over so that all the folds are hidden from you.
4. First, turn the left side of the resulting figure to the middle, then cover with the right side on top.

Your Christmas tree is ready.

Important! Such a figure can be put directly on a plate. If the paper will have some kind of Christmas ornament, then the Christmas trees will come out even more spectacular and festive.

Artichoke

This method of serving napkins is suitable for meeting friends and family. Table paper folded this way looks beautiful and tasteful.

1. Spread the paper sheet in front of you face up.
2. Bend each corner to the center to make a rhombus.
3. Flip the figure so that you can not see the folds and bend the coals in the same way.
4. Keeping the center of the flower, dissolve the petals.

Important! You have got a beautiful paper artichoke, which can be put both near the devices and placed on an empty plate.

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How to fold beautifully cloth napkins?

Before setting the table, a suitable fabric must be thoroughly washed and starched.

Tent:

1. Place the square cloth in front of you, face down.
2. Grasp the top corners and fold it in half.
3. Fold the resulting shape four times from left to right to form a square. Lift the upper layer of the square by the lower right corner and move the fabric to the left side to make a triangle.
4. Turn over, like a page of a book, the right side of the triangle to the left.
5. Do the same manipulations with the remaining layer of matter.

Important! You should have a tent with four petals. Put it on a plate. Matter, folded in such a simple way, looks simply amazing.

Heart

Romantics for an intimate dinner will like the option of table setting with a napkin cloth folded in the shape of a heart.

Important! Red material is best suited for this.

Sequencing:

1. Turn the fabric to the bottom.
2. Bend it in half from bottom to top.
3. Fold it up from the bottom up. You should get an elongated rectangle.
4. Visually mark the middle of the rectangle and fix it with your finger. Lift the bottom left edge of the rectangle up. Do the same with the right corner. You should get a kind of rocket.
5. Fold the upper corners to the bottom so that you get a figure that is as similar as possible to the heart.

Important! Put the resulting heart directly on or near the plate.

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Napkin Assistant

If you don’t have the desire or time to do the folding of various figures from napkins, then you can buy special rings in advance for fixing dishes or paper from the tableware or home goods store. Neat serving canvases stretched through the rings look sophisticated and elegant on any festive table.

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If you want your celebration table to look beautiful and rich, then take care not only of the proper serving of dishes, but also of the serving.Do not be too lazy to do napkins - this step will no doubt be appreciated by all guests.