How beautifully fold napkins on the festive table?

Many hostesses, setting the table, do not forget about serving it, because it is an integral part of any successful feast. Beautiful and properly arranged appliances, unusually wrapped napkins, flower vases and bread boxes - all this creates a special feeling of celebration and comfort, improves the appetite of the guests and improves their mood.

It is very important to properly and harmoniously decompose the napkins on the holiday table, because they are its mandatory aesthetic part. To do this correctly, be sure to pay attention to the features of serving and some other important points:

• Since the napkins are paper and cloth, with each of the varieties need to work in their own way, given the characteristics of each of the materials. However, both can be laid out in the form of various figures.

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

• In order to beautifully lay napkins and set the table, choose cloth napkins with synthetic additives. On the holiday table, they will not look crumpled and will take the form that you give them.

• If there are already plates on the table, then cloth napkins can be placed on them or they can be placed between the fork and the 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 laid in special decorative wine glasses, glasses and napkin holders.
• According to all the rules, it is forbidden to fold napkins and make various figures of them with dirty or wet hands, otherwise you can completely spoil their appearance, and as a result the guests will not be able to have a holiday.

• After washing, fabric products are very important to starch. In the future, it will be easier for you to give them the desired shape. It is best to iron them slightly moist.

Decorating the holiday table with your own hands is not difficult, especially if you follow all the basic recommendations.

Beautiful and original napkins can be folded in the form of various figures, animals and flowers.

Very unusual and easy Christmas paper napkin laying. This option is perfect for a festive New Year or Christmas table. To do this, you will need ordinary paper napkins of standard size, the color can be any, but the most colorful will look green or red options that instantly create a festive atmosphere on the table.

Operating procedure:

• Place the cloth in the corners down.
• In order of priority should bend its lower corners upwards. First 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 bent up, but not reach the previous one.
• Thus it is necessary to bend all layers of the napkin.
• Now you need to turn the workpiece on its reverse side. To form that very Christmas tree, it is necessary to bend both its parts symmetrically, as it were, into the middle.
• Then you should turn the Christmas tree face down and bend its upper corner.
• Further, each layer on the front side should be bent under the previous one.

It is beautiful to file such a decoration from ordinary paper by placing it in the middle of a plate. As additional decorations for this product you can use cones.

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

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

Operating procedure:

• Pre-fold each of the napkins in half.
• On a large napkin, put a small one.
• Then from the selected edge you need to start folding both napkins with an accordion. Make an accordion to exactly the middle.
• Next, you need to turn the billet on the reverse side and put it so that the accordion is folded on the right and the free edge of the napkin on the left.
• The free edge should be bent down, and the tip, which remained below, you need to tuck back and also bend. This is done in order to create a kind of support-support for our fan.
• The final stage will be the expansion of the fan.

Such "fan" products are perfect for any holiday table, whether it is a feast in honor of the birthday or a Christmas dinner with family.

Very easy to assemble paper napkin in the form of a candle. To do this, your best bet is to use large paper napkins. They can be both monophonic and with small patterns:

• Unroll the napkin and lay it face down. Bend it diagonally to make a triangle.
• At the bend, make a strip of no more than 2 centimeters.
• Now you should twist the so-called tube, which should be on the stand.
• The remaining and protruding corner must be refilled inside the resulting candle.

To make the resulting product even more original, you can even put a real candle in it. However, this is best done only if you used a tissue cloth instead of a paper napkin to create this shape.

A textile cloth in the form of an envelope or so-called sachet for cutlery can also be beautifully decorated:

• Fold the napkin of your choice into a rectangular shape, be sure to face up.
• About a third of the upper layer must be turned down, so you get the so-called central fold.
• Next, you should turn the napkin upside down. Both edges need to be folded so that they are joined along the center.
• Repeat the same thing again.
• In the resulting pocket fold the necessary cutlery.

Very original look cutlery in the "envelope" of burlap, decorated with a bow and decorative lace. However, most often such envelopes sew.

Self-fold napkins can also be in the form:

• bunny;

• a flower (the simplest is a rose);

• peacock;

• bow;

• pineapple and lotus (suitable for very festive tables).

It is not uncommon when the hostess 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 served table may require not only time, but also patience. If you have already chosen how to lay out napkins, do not forget also to arrange the dishes, cutlery, glasses and glasses properly. Table etiquette in this case plays a very important role. It can not be ignored, otherwise all efforts with napkins will be in vain.

• Do not be afraid to experiment. More boldly translate your most unusual ideas into reality. Try to create your own figures using different types of textiles and paper products. Use not only plain colors, but also with various patterns and patterns.

• If you want to please the guests and show them how good your hostess is, purchase only high-quality cloth napkinsthat will highlight the whole delicacy of your holiday table. The most profitable and practical products are made of cotton and satin. 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. With the help of such rings you can fold textile napkins in a variety of ways.

For example, on a children's holiday with the help of small and unclean ringlets you can make unusual bows of napkins, which will certainly please not only the kids, but also the parents.

You can decorate the table for the women's holiday with the help of a tablecloth of a gentle and light shade with contrasting napkins in wine glasses. Their styling can be done in any of the ways you like or come up with.

Original and effortlessly you can decorate the cutlery separately. To do this, you just need to tie them in the shape of a scarf with the help of any cloth napkin. It is very easy to make, but it is desirable that the fabric be as light and airy as possible.

Variants of pockets from napkins of various shapes can be an addition to any holiday table. This is a great solution if the anniversary is scheduled for a man. Such strict and at the same time originally folded napkins-pockets will not leave indifferent both guests and households. It is not uncommon when decorators in the pockets of textiles with cutlery add sprigs of fresh flowers or any other decorative ornaments.

Putting napkins on the feast of a young lady can be in the form of roses. At the same time, flowers can be placed both on the plate and next to it. You can fold the flowers and paper napkins, and textile. The latter, of course, look more impressive.

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

How easy it is to fold napkins for the holiday table, see the following video.