Table Napkin Folding

Bird of Paradise Napkin Fold

When it comes to Table Napkin Folding the Bird of paradise is one of the more difficult. But it is also one that produces the best outcome. Here is a small piece of trivia in relation to this napkin fold. The Bird of paradise, Bird or Plant?
The Bird of paradise in the ornithological sense refers to a family of birds named the Paradisaeidae, which are found on the island of New Guinea.In regards to it being a plant. It comes from the Strelitzai family that consists of five different species of perennial plant native to South Africa.Now your armed with the answers to the questions from the guests lets make sure you can actually know the napkin folding technique.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step One Lay the napkin flat out in front of you

Step one:

lay the napkin flat out in front of you. If the napkin has labels tags or a folded seam ensure that these are facing upwards to begin with.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step Two. fold the napkin in half towards you.

Step Two:

Fold the napkin in half to the opening is towards you.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step Three Fold the napkin in half again from left to right making a square one quarter of its original size.

Step three:

Fold the napkin in half again so it is now a square a quarter of its original size. The opening should be bottom left now.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step four. Place the napkin out in front of you so it looks like a diamond with the open ends facing towards you and the closed ends facing out. You now need to fold it in half from bottom to top creating small triangle with the open ends on top.

Step four:

Take the bottom left corner (the open ended one) and fold the napkin in half towards the top right.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step five take the bottom right corner and fold it back on its self down the centre of the napkin

Step five:

Have the triangle laid out in front of you so the long edge is facing you. Now take the right corner and fold it over half of the napkin.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step six repeat the same step as before with the left hand side creating a long diamond shape.

Step Six:

Take the left hand side now and repeat the fold. They should meet in the middle.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step seven take the bottom right half of the napkin and fold it back on its self so its under the napkin.

Step seven:

Take the right hand side bottom flap and tuck it underneath.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step eight repeat the same step as before but with the bottom left corner. You should be looking at a rather chunky triangle.

Step eight:

do the same with the left hand flap.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step nine fold the entire napkin in half on a vertical axis so the bottom left and right corners meet underneath.

Step nine:

You now want to fold the napkin in half. The easiest way to do this is place your thumbs underneath the napkin and then simultaneously come up with your thumbs and push down with your fingers.

Table Napkin Folding The Bird of Paradise Step ten whilst holding the point where the previous bottom two corners met you now need to pull up the lose corners one by one creating the fanned look.

Step ten:

Makin sure you keep a firm grip on the napkin. You wouldn’t want it flying away now. Begin to peal back the lose corners of the napkin creating the plumage. You should have four in total to pull back and arrange. It may take a bit of tinkering to get it to a shape your happy with. Keep at it and you’ll eventually get it perfect.

If you are finding this style of table napkin folding to difficult or your napkin is to small you should have a look at either the Pyramid Fold or the Arrowhead Fold.

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