Serviettenapkin Folding Fleur De Lis In A Glass Version2 Food

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.

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, 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 CARDINAL HAT

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 ease into a neat cylinder shape with all three points pointing symetically upwards.

SERVIETTE/ NAPKIN FOLDING, SET INTO A WINE GLASS

Steps:

• Lay your serviette square out flat before you.
• Begin folding accordion/pleating style from the bottom, all the way up to the top. Make each fold/ pleat about 3/4" - 1" (2 cm - 2.5cm) wide.
• Fold the pleated napkin in half.
• Place the serviette into the wine glass, folding the first inch at the base underneath to keep pleats in place.
• Unfold the pleats and shape into a fan. Interlock the two center pleats if needed to keep the fan intact.

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, FLEUR DE LIS/CARDINAL COMBINATION

Steps:

• Lay your serviette out flat before you in a diamond shape.
• Bring the corner at the North point down to meet the South point. you should have before you a triangle shape with the crease at the top.
• Fold the East point of the triangle down to meet the South point, repeat with the West point. You will now have a diamond shape with a vertical gap running down the centre.
• There will be two loose points at the South position, take the right South point and bring it up to the point at North. Repeat with the left point at South. You will now have a diamond shape that consists of two smaller triangles at the top and one larger one at the bottom.
• Take the loose right point at North and turn it back on itself 45 degrees so that it looks like a little wing(these will be your Fleur de Lis flaps later) Repeat with the loose left point at North.
• Bring both the remaining points at south up the centre of the serviette, somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 so that there is a 1 inch (2.5 cm) gap between the bottom fold that you are making and the thicker base of the rest of the serviette. The actual distance will depend on how big your serviettes are. Crease the lowest crease well.
• Now fold this bottom crease up and over the bottom edge of the thicker base of the serviette to form a cuff.
• Carefully turn the serviette over and tuck the East/West points of the triangle into each other.
• Turn back to to the front side and halding the join firmly, gently ease it so that it stands up, bring the two little "wings" down so that they are like Fleur de Lis.
• You will end up with a standing serviette that has a cuff at the base, a decorative centre and Fleur de Lis flaps at the sides.