Fold a Fan Napkin

Fold a Fan Napkin

Posted 2013-06-18 by Oxford Explorerfollow
Simple fan fold napkin


I waitressed in a fancy silver service restaurant on weekends for a couple of years while I was at school. One of the skills I picked up and still use today is folding napkins. It's a very simple way to dress up a table for dinner and impress your guests.

There are lots of different ways to fold napkins. Here's a simple technique to fold an fan napkin which looks great but is easy to do.

Time: 5 minutes (less than a minute with practice)

Materials
Cloth or paper napkins
Nimble fingers

If you're using cloth napkins, make sure they are well ironed first.

Method

  • Lay your napkin face down and then fold in half to create a long rectangle with the pattern side facing out.
  • Fold the top half of the rectangle in a concertina fashion. Each fold should be about the width of your finger and press hard to ensure it holds it shape.

  • Fold in half, concertina the top half and then flip over


  • Turn the napkin over so that the concertina is face down.
  • Fold in half, both the concertina part and the flat section.

  • Fold over and press firmly


  • Take the flat part of the napkin and quarter fold over, creating a diagonal fold. This will create a support at the back of the fan.

  • Fold over the supporting back


  • With the same piece of napkin at the back, fold underneath to create a supporting base. If you want a really tidy look then you can fold this piece into a triangle.

  • This final fold provides a support base at the back of the fan
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    View from the back of the napkin


  • Place the napkin with the fan facing the guest.

  • Repeat for each place setting and now all you need is to make a great dinner to impress your guests. If you're looking for inspiration, try RecipeYum .

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