BUNNY FOLD NAPKIN DIY

Isn't this little bunny napkin adorable?  What a fun way to greet family and guest at an Easter gathering!

All you need is a freshly pressed napkin, twine, a button, a needle and some thread and a hot iron. I made 8 bunny napkins in just about 20 minutes!

With just a little effort and my step-by-step instructions you can make these way-too-cute bunny napkins for your Easter table too...

POCKET NAPKIN FOLD TUTORIAL

This is a fun easy way to fold a napkin and include the flatware too. Making a POCKET NAPKIN takes less than a minute and adds a lot of interest to a tablescape!

Here's how...

Making A Pocket Napkin Fold:

1. Spread the napkin right side up on a flat surface.

2. Fold the napkin in half horizontally.

3. Take the top layer and fold it down to the fold line on the bottom layer. The top layer will now have a fold line in the middle of the napkin.

4. Turn the napkin over. Be careful that it still stays folded.

5. Fold over the right side 1/4 the length of the napkin.

6. Fold it over again so the left edge of the folded part touches the center line of the napkin.

7. Fold the left side over a little more than 1/4 width.

8. Fold the left side over again, matching the far edge.

Tie a jute string around the napkin just below the  fold.

Add flatware.

Now you know how to make a Pocket Napkin Fold.... easy-peasy!

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TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS

Show up and show off your creativity... any little tidbit will do!!!

See you at 8:00 pm!

Napkin Tutorial- Easy Scarf Napkin

Easy Scarf Napkin:

This is such an easy, effortless napkin fold. Well... actually it is not a fold at all... that is why it is so easy.
Basically, you just gather the napkin up from the middle and stick a napkin ring, bow or something that will hold it in place.

But to do a tutorial right I will demonstrate:

Choose 2 coordinating napkins. Iron napkins.  ( I make these for thanksgiving about 6 years ago)

Lay bottom napkin on a flat surface. Add second napkin on top and with points overlaping the straight edge of the bottom napkin.

Pinch the center of the napkins and lift up

Gather in your hand and slide napkin ring over top end or gather and tie a bow 1/3 of the way from the top.

Embellish bow. I tucked pyrocantha and berries under the bow.

Remember to dovetail ribbon ends, and fluff the napkin bottoms.

These napkins became part of an outdoor tablescape.  See blog 11-4-09, "Among the Fallen Leaves"

http://stonegable.blogspot.com/2009/11/outdoor-tablescape-among-fallen-leaves.html

Here's a little peek!

This napkin style has so many variations. You are only limited by your imagination!

Folding a Chevron Napkin

FOLDING A CHEVRON NAPKIN:

I'm joining Mary at Little Red House for Mosaic Monday! A visual delight!

Nothing says elegance and care like sitting down at a table to find a beautifully folded napkin.

In recent years this has become a dying art. No longer popular, these tangible acts of hospitality have been replaced with a more casual, less staged look.  I like both ways of placing a napkin on a table, but I love the creativity of folding a napkin.

In yesterday's blog, Cheery Pear Tablescape (10-28-08), I chose a yellow chevron folded napkin to tuck silverware inside (go check it out).

As promised, here is my tutorial of how to fold a chevron envelope napkin:

*Grab a paper napkin. If it is not a square, cut it into a square. This is your practice napkin. Please ignore directions to iron your practice napkin.  DO NOT IRON IT! Now go on, get one... I'll wait...
*The secret to folding a well done napkin is to choose the right size and fabric for each fold style. For the chevron, I used a 19 inch square napkin of heavy cotton.

*Ironing the napkin will insure crisp folds and a smooth surface. Iron after each step. If you do not own an iron you can still fold this napkin, the results will be nice, just not as crisp.

* fold the napkin in half

* fold in half again

*position with open point at the top

*fold down the first layer almost to the bottom- CENTER POINT

* fold the next layer on top of the first, let the hem or a small border show of the first layer- CENTER
POINT

*continuing folding the next-to-last layer down, leaving a border of the layer before it showing- CENTER POINT

*turn napkin over, folded side down and at the bottom
* fold in the left point of the napkin towards the center about 1/3 of the way- DO NOT PRESS YET

* fold in the right point of the napkin toward the center, slightly overlapping the other side about 1/3 of the way - DO NOT PRESS YET

* turn over and make sure the top point is CENTERED. If not adjust the folded sides. Press

* tuck silverware, nametag, decoration, etc. in envelope pocket.

Yea! YOU DID IT! Now, go make a pretty table!