Serviettenapkin Folding Celebrate With Candles Recipes

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, CANDLE FAN FOLD

Steps:

• Lay your serviette out flat and square before you.
• Bring the top and bottom right corners into the top and bottom centre of the serviette so that there is a vertical line running down the middle. Repeat with the left top and bottom corners. You should have before you a tall rectangle with a vertical gap running down the middle.
• Place your finger in the very centre of the serviette where the two flaps meet each other. With your other hand take the top right flap and pull it to the right, going past the top of the rectangle so that it make a triangle shape a little like the flap on a collar. Repeat with the top point on the left side. It now looks like the collar on a shirt with rather a wide neck at the back.
• The next step involves making a mirror image of the last step at the bottom, if it's easier then carefully turn your serviette around do that the collar is at the bottom upside down and then just repeat the previous step at the top as before. Once all four flaps are completed you will have before you a rectangle that has 4 triangles radiating out from the centre a little like a windmill.
• Starting at the bottom upside down collar part, take the bottom left and right edges and roll them as tightly as you can up to the centre of the serviette.( I set a glass on mine to keep it there while I did the next step).
• Turn the entire serviette around to the that roll is at the top and the collar bit of the top half is now upside down at the bottom.
• Accordion fold the bottom bit up to the centre (it will meet the roll at the middle).
• Now gather both ends (without letting it all unfold) and the roll should be in the middle.
• Place it into an empty water or wine glass and fan out the accordion fan bits at each side. So easy!

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, CELEBRATE WITH CANDLES!

Steps:

• Lay your serviette out flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Take the corner at South and bring it up to meet the corner at North. You will have before you a triangle shape with the crease at the bottom.
• Take the two points at North and bend them forward South but only go one third of the way down the serviette. This will make a tiny triangle at the top that faces downwards.
• Fold the little triangle towards South again, only one third of the main serviette will be showing at the bottom now. Then fold the strip over again towards South so that the top now meets the bottom edge at South. (You should have folded the triangle downwards 3 times in all) This results in a long thin strip that has two little triangle points sticking out at each end.
• Take hold of the little triangle at the left end of the strip that you have and fold it under and backwards under itself so that the point sticks up (this will be your candle "flame").
• Now start to roll up the long strip, starting at the end where the left triangle has been folded backwards. Roll the strip up to the end, tucking the last part under and into the roll at the base of your candle.
• Voila ! a Candle serviette/ Napkin ! -- and how easy was that!

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, TIED IN A LOOSE KNOT.

Steps:

• Lay your serviette square out flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Fold the North point of the diamond down to meet the South point of the diamond. You will now have a triangle shape that's pointing downwards.
• Take hold of the South points and start rolling them up towards the North point, stopping fractionally short of the crease at the top.
• Loop the right hand end over the left hand end, pull the right hand end though the resulting hole to form a loose knot.
• Don't pull the knot too tight, just enough to be pleasing and informal.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, CANDLE IN A WINE GLASS FOLD

Steps:

• Lay your serviette out flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Take the point at South and roll it neatly completely up to the North point.
• Fold the serviette in half and place it into a wine glass.
• An optional variation would be to insert a serviette/napkin ring over the folded end before putting it into the wineglass.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, THE SHIRT FOLD.

Steps:

• Lay your serviette square out flat before you in a square shape.
• Take the top right corner and fold the point into the center point of the square. Repeat with the other 3 corners. You should have a diamond shape in front of you.
• Take the diamond and position it so that it is now a square in front of you. Then take the right top and bottom side corners and fold them vertically in towards the center of the serviette so that you have a shape before you that has a wide rectangle on the left side and a thinner rectangle on the right.
• Now bring the top and bottom left corners in to the middle center so that you have two even vertical rectangles before you.
• Carefully turn the serviette over.
• Fold the top inch (2.5cm) (or slightly less, if you are not using a big serviette) towards you and iron it firmly. This will be your shirt collar. Then gently turn the napkin over again.
• Bring the top right corner in to the top center of the serviette, but place it about 1/2 inch (15mm) down the centre line like the centre of a collar.
• Now take the right bottom flap and fold them up and out diagonally, the upside down "V" in the centre will semi mirror the angle in the coller folds above it. Repeat with the left bottom flap. You should have before you the piece with the collar at the top and some angled triangles at the bottom that will shortly be the sleeves of the shirt.
• Take the bottom left and right corners (these are also the bottom points of the triangles that stick out) and fold them upwards until the middle of the line between them is level with the center of the collar at the top. You will now have a square shape in the middle with the collar above it and two "sleeves"at either side. Fold the centre top of the square under the flaps of the collar so that it looks like a real shirt.
• Decorate with flowers or sweets etc for buttons if desired.