Serviettenapkin Folding Fleur De Lis In A Glass Version1 Food

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, THE FLEUR DE LIS

Steps:

• Lay your serviette square out flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Fold the South point of the diamond up to meet the North point of the diamond.
• Fold the East point up to meet the North point of the diamond and repeat with the West point.You will now have a smaller diamond shape with a vertical gap running down the center.
• Carefully turn the serviette over.The point that has the open edges should be in the South of the diamond position.
• Fold these South points up to meet the North point, you will now have a triangle shape with a horizontal gap in the center.
• Turn the napkin over again and bring the East and West points into the center, tucking them inside each other.
• Turn the serviette over again and gently fold down the two outside flaps to make the petals of the Fleur-de-lis.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, FLEUR DE LIS VARIATION.

Steps:

• Lay your serviette out flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Bring the corner at the South point up to meet the North point. you should have before you a triangle shape with the crease at the bottom.
• Fold the East point of the triangle up to meet the North point, repeat with the West point. You will now have a diamond shape with a vertical gap running down the centre.
• Take the South corner and bring it towards the North point but stop 3/4 of the way up, crease it well at the bottom now then take the same point and bring it back over itself to the bottom center of the triangle.
• Carefully turn the serviette over and tuck the East/West points into each other.
• Turn serviette over to the front side and gently fold down the two side flaps, creating a Fleur de Lis type of serviette that has a the addition of a decorative cuff at the base.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, FLEUR DE LIS IN A GLASS VERSION1.

Steps:

• Lay your serviette flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Take the point at North and fold it down to meet the point at South. You will now have a triangle in front of you where the crease is at the top and the point is facing the South position.
• Take this South point and fold it to the North, going past the middle centre of the top line so that you now have a strip at the bottom if the serviette and a triangle sticking out at the top of the strip.
• Turn the serviette carefully around so that it is now vertical and starting at the bottom end of the long strip, accordion pleat all the way to the other end of the strip at the top. Hold firmly so that it keeps its shape.
• Carefully set the base of the serviette into a wine or water glass (the base is the thicker bit at the bottom) and when you let go you will have a tall pleated triangle at the top and two pleated triangles hanging down at the sides.
• Arrange the pleats to that they are even and neat.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, FLEUR DE LIS VARIATION WITH EXTRAS

Steps:

• Lay your serviette square out flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Take the South point at the bottom and fold it up to meet the North point at the top. You will now have a triangle with the crease at the bottom.
• Take the East point and bring it over to meet the North point, repeat with the West point. You will now have a small diamond shape with a vertical gap running down the centre.
• Take the South point and bring it towards the North point, but stop 3/4 of the way up.
• Now still holding the south point, bring it back down so that it rests at the centre of the base of the triangle. This is your decorative cuff at the base of the serviette.
• Take right hand loose point in the North position and fold it down so that the point is tucked neatly behind the decorative cuff, repeat with the remaining loose North point.
• Turn the serviette over and gently slip the East and West points one into the other.
• Turn the serviette back to the front side and you will have a standing serviette with two decrative cuffs and a triangle point above. These can be left as is if you wish, or you can take the topmost of the two North points and bring it down and tuck it behind the cuff in the middle.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, FLEUR DE LIS IN A GLASS VERSION2

Steps:

• Lay your serviette flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Take the point at South and fold it up to meet the point at North. You will now have a triangle in front of you where the crease is at the bottom and the point is facing the North position.
• Place your finger in the centre of the outside line of the triangle that runs from North to East. Then take the East point of the triangle and bring it up and past your finger so that you have made an additional triangle that has a point sticking up at the top. Repeat with the West point of the triangle. You will now have before you a very rough diamond shape that has three triangle points at the top.
• Take the bottom point at South and fold it half way up to the centre of the serviette. It will form a triangle below the three triangles points at the top.
• Carefully turn the serviette so that it is vertical (the 3 top points will now be facing East or West, whichever you prefer) and accordion fold from the bottom to the top of the serviette.
• Carefully set the base of the serviette into a wine or water glass (the base is the thicker bit at the bottom) and when you let go you will have a pleated triangle at the top and two pleated triangles hanging down at the sides.
• Arrange the pleats to that they are even and neat.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, FLEUR DE LIS IN A GLASS VERSION3

Steps:

• Take your square napkin, lay it totally flat before you, then fold it in half horizontally.
• Fold again, this time vertically so that you have before you a square a quarter the size of your original square.
• Only one of the 4 corners will have 4 open or loose edges. Rotate the square before you so that it looks like a diamond with the four open edges pointing to the top.
• We will call the points on your diamond shape East, West, South and the open edged bit, North.
• Starting at the East point, accordion fold the serviette until you are at the West point. Keep a firm hold on the East/West points once the accordion fold is complete, and you will see that you have a bigger fan at the top (the top has 4 open points of the serviette) and a smaller fan at the bottom.
• Take the bottom point of the bottom fan and curl it up upon itself like a snail shell until you are almost at the East/West points in your other fingers. The snail shell curl will anchor the fan in the glass and help it to keep its shape.
• Place the fan into a wine or water glass and you will have a small standing fan in a semi Fleur de Lis style but with smaller side points.
• Arrange the pleats to that they are even and neat.