Table napkins for table setting

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

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What is the best material for table setting?

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

1. For an informal dinner with friends, an excellent version of the table decor will be bright paper handkerchiefs.
2. For solemn occasions, monophonic canvases are more suitable, which will harmonize with the dishes and tablecloth.

Important! The variant that fits perfectly into any style of design of the table is white paper or tissue small napkins.

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How to fold the wipes?

Whatever material napkins you choose, it's worth to think about how to put them on the table. The simplest option is to fold them fourfold and spread around each device. But just a few simple manipulations with paper or cloth will help to give your festive table an original and beautiful design. Let's consider some tricks how to do it.

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How to fold the napkins into a napkin?

The napkin is a very useful item that facilitates placing napkins on the table, making it as convenient as possible for the hostess and for the guests. Depending on the shape of your napkin, the ways of folding the napkins differ:

• If the napkin looks like a glass, a glass or a vase, it is better to take large napkins to serve the table. Completely unfold the canvas, fold a triangle out of it and twist the figure with a tube. Bend the resulting tube in half and in this form, insert it into the napkin.
• Make an accordion with a fabric or paper with a fold width of 1-2 cm. Corrugate paper or fabric fold in half and insert an angle into the napkin. The more fans in it, the more magnificent the composition will look.
• If your napkin is flat, then the best option is to fold the napkins nicely - lay them out with a fan. For greater aesthetics, take the table paper contrasting in color and fold it into the napkin so that only the angle of each unit is seen. The napkin from each other should be shifted within 1 cm.

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How beautiful is it to fold paper napkins?

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

Candle

Romantic atmosphere at the table will help create a dining paper, folded in the shape of a candle. For this method, larger single-color dense serving cloths are more suitable.

Decorating method:

1. Expand the material and place it face down.
2. Fold the paper diagonally to form a triangle.
3. At the folding site, fold a strip 2 cm wide, then your paper must acquire the shape of the boat.
4. Take the "boat" into the tube. Pull out the projecting angle inwards.

Thus, you have a candle made of paper that can be used as a candlestick for a real candle or simply as a napkin for serving a table.

Envelope for

devices For business or family meeting an excellent option - fold the napkins in the form of an envelope and put in it cutlery. For this:

1. Fold the paper tablecloth four times so that the front side is outward.
2. One corner should be tucked up with strips up to 1.5 cm wide until you reach the diagonal of the square.
3. Turn the resulting shape and tilt the right and left corners to the middle.
4. Turning back the paper cloth, you get an envelope into which cutlery can easily fit.

Herringbone

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

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

Your Christmas tree is ready.

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

Artichoke

This way of serving napkins is suitable for meeting friends and family. The table paper folded in this way look beautiful and tasteful.

1. Place the paper sheet face up in front of you.
2. Fold each corner to the center to make a rhombus.
3. Turn the shape over so that you can not see the folds and bend the coals exactly the same.
4. Hold the center of the flower, dissolve the petals.

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

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How to fold beautifully wipes from cloth?

Before serving the table, a suitable cloth should be thoroughly washed and starched.

Tent:

1. Place the square cloth in front of you facing down.
2. Grasp the upper corners and fold it in half.
3. Add the resulting shape four times from left to right to form a square. Raise the top layer of the square by the bottom right corner and take the fabric to the left side to make a triangle.
4. Turn over, like the book page of 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 like the option of serving a table with tissue tissue folded in the shape of the heart.

Important! The best material for this is a red material.

Procedure:

1. Expand the fabric face to the bottom.
2. Fold it in half from bottom to top.
3. Again, fold it from the bottom up. You should have an elongated rectangle.
4. Mark the middle of the rectangle visually and fix it with your finger. Raise the bottom left edge of the rectangle up. Do the same with the right angle. You should get a semblance of a rocket.
5. Fold the upper corners under the bottom so that the shape is the most like a heart.

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

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Assistant in the design of napkins

If you do not have the desire or time to do various figurines from napkins, you can purchase special rings in the store of utensils or household goods to fix the dining paper or cloth. Accurate serving cloths, stretched through the rings, elegantly and elegantly look at any festive table.

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