Serviettenapkin Folding Fleur De Lis Variation Food

SERVIETTE/NAPKIN FOLDING, MARIE'S LILY PAD VARIATION, LOTUS

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 East point of this diamond and fold it into the center point, and repeat with the other 3 corners. The serviette will be square again and have gaps in the form of an X.
• Carefully turn the serviette over and fold each of the corners into the centerpoint again.
• Carefully turn it over and you will see 4 loose points on the underside.(this step is only to make the next step clearer).
• Turn back over to the previous side, lay the serviette down and press firmly on the center point where the 4 corners meet. Carefully reach undernieth with your other hand and grab one of the loose points on the underside and bring it to the outside of the corner that it belongs to. This creates the outer petal of that quarter of the flower.
• Repeat with the other 3 corners.
• At this point you have the napkin that I call Marie's Lily Pad Flower. but the Lotus calls for an extra step.
• Reach undernieth again and you will find a second layer of 4 flaps on the bottom, gently pull them out to the front side ( hold the centre points firmly so that everything stays intact) and you will have a fuller looking flower that has additional petals/ leaves at the sides, inbetween the main petals. This addition turns the napkin into a "Lotus".

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, 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 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, 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, SYDNEY OPERA FAN IN WINE GLASS

Steps:

• Lay your serviette square out flat before you. Fold it in half horizontally.
• Take the serviette and fold it in half again vertically so that it is now a small square a quarter the size of the original square.
• Only one corner of the square will have 4 open / loose edges, rotate your square so that it is a flat diamond shape with the open corner pointing upwards. We will call this the North corner.
• Take the East corner and make an accordion fold all the way to the West corner.
• Holding it firmly, gently pull out each of the 4 loose edges at the North point, fanning them out from left to right.
• Roll up the south corner a little to help the fan to keep its shape and place in a water or wine glass.