When you’re entertaining, it’s the small and simple touches that can make all the difference. Candles flickering in your mother’s heirloom candleholders, fresh flowers from the garden, the fruit from the farmers market, and that signature dish that always gets raves from your guests.
We appreciate being a part of your gatherings with friends and family. As you probably know, we work with a small team in India to design and manufacture our lovely block-printed textile patterns and linens. We’re committed to safely producing eco-friendly tablecloths, napkins, dish towels and scarves using mill-made cotton and natural dyes.
We specially make our 100% organic cloth dinner napkins in hopes that they will be a special addition to your memorable moments.
With that in mind, we thought it might be fun to go over a few ways to fold your napkins to feature silverware.
Napkin Origami Horn
This lovely creation comes from Love to Know. To me, it looks like a dress with three layering hems, turned upside-down:
- “Start with the finished side of your napkin face down. Fold the napkin in half vertically, then fold in half once more to make a square. Press the folds lightly with your iron if needed.
- Place the napkin in front of you in a diamond position with the open ends at the top. Fold each layer of the napkin back, tucking it in so the seam is not visible. Space the layers roughly one inch apart, taking care to make the folds as neat as possible.
- Flip the napkin over and fold the left point across the right point. Flip the napkin back to the original position, then add any silverware that is desired. Alternatively, this design could be used to hold flowers or other decorative accents for your table.”
Simple Rectangular Wrap
This easy, no-fuss fold comes from WikiHow:
- Place the napkin flat on the table. Fold up the bottom two to three inches evenly across the bottom.
- Place the silverware in the pocket, nesting together if needed to keep the bundle small. Place the flatware so the bottom of the handles touch the inner fold. Also, place the bundles about two inches from the right.
- Then fold the top half over the silverware so ends meet. Then simply roll, starting from the right, and secure the bundle with a ribbon, a piece of twine, or whatever goes with your decor.
Basic Silverware Pouch
This classic favorite comes from napkinfoldingguide.com:
- Lay the napkin face-down in front of you.
- Fold the napkin in half and orient the open end toward you.
- Fold the napkin into quarters.
- Orient the napkin so the open corner is facing away and to the left.
- Fold the top-most layer of napkin in half diagonally and press it down.
- Turn the napkin over so that the open corner is now facing away and to the right.
- Fold the right-side back about 1/3 of the way and press it down.
- Fold the left-side back also about 1/3 of the way and press.
- Flip it over, straighten it up and insert those shiny eating instruments.”
Enjoy, friends. Wishing you the best of times.
“The essence of great entertaining: a seemingly effortless combination of authentic food and imagination presented with a personal touch and enjoyed in good company.”
― Annie Falk