Bird of Paradise Napkin Fold

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    Bird Of Paradise Napkin Fold

    1. Lay the napkin face down

    in front of you.

    2. Fold the napkin in half.

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    3. Fold the napkin in

    quarters.

    4. Fold the napkin in half

    diagonally, creating atriangle.

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    5. Orient the triangle so the

    open tip is facing away fromyou.

    6. Fold the right corner

    diagonally towards you -laying it down along the

    centerline of the triangle,

    making a new tip pointing

    towards you. An iron can

    make this important fold a

    whole lot easier.

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    7. Do the same with the left

    corner, fold it diagonally

    toward you and press it

    down next to the previous

    fold. Now you have a

    diamond, you're rich! Yay!.

    8. Fold the two "wings" that

    you just made in folds 6 and

    7 under so that you have

    your original triangle shape

    back. Once again an iron can

    make a world of difference.

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    9. Fold the triangle in half by

    bringing the center seam

    towards you and allowing the

    ends to fall.

    10. This bird's almost ready

    to fly, but first you must give

    it some feathers. While

    holding the base firmly tokeep your folds together, pull

    up the four 'flaps' created by

    the napkin's corners.

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    kings and give them all crowns! Then you can

    use this napkin to wipe the cheese out of that

    introduction.

    This napkin folding design just doesn't work well

    without a little starch in the cloth, if it's sagging

    it's ugly so take your time and get it right.

    1. Lay the

    napkin face-

    down in front ofyou.

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    2. Fold the

    napkin in halfdiagonally.

    3. Orient the

    napkin so the

    open ends are

    pointing away

    from you.

    4. Fold the

    right-corner up

    so that the

    point rests

    directly on top

    of the middle-corner. The

    edge of this new

    flap should lay

    on the center

    line of the

    napkin.

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    5. Repeat step

    four on the

    other side,bringing the

    left-most corner

    up to meet the

    middle-corner,

    creating a

    diamond shape.

    6. Fold the

    bottom of the

    napkin up about

    2/4's of the way

    and press this

    fold down well.

    7. Fold the

    smaller triangle

    down so the

    point rests on

    the near edge of

    the napkin.

    Press.

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    8. curl the left

    and right sides

    of the napkin up

    so they meet in

    the middle and

    tuck one into

    the other.

    9. Stand it up

    and tug at it

    where neededto even it up

    and round it

    out. If your

    napkins are too

    limp then think

    of starch as

    napkin viagra

    and make them

    go

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    The Rosebud Napkin Fold

    This sophisticated cloth napkin design

    benefits from stiff material or light starch. A

    hot iron will also make it easier to be exact.

    1. Lay the napkin

    face-down in front of

    you.

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    2. Fold the napkin in

    half diagonally.

    3. Orient the napkin

    so the open end

    points away from

    you.

    4. Fold the far-right

    corner up diagonallyso that the point

    rests on top of the far

    corner. The edge of

    this new flap should

    lay right on the

    center line.

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    5. Repeat step four

    on the other side,

    bringing the left-most

    corner up to meet the

    far corner, creating a

    diamond shape.

    6. Flip the napkin

    over while keeping

    the open end pointing

    away from you.

    7. Fold the bottom of

    the napkin up about

    3/4's of the way as

    shown and press the

    fold down well.

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    8. Flip the napkinover.

    9. Curl both sites up

    so they meet in the

    middle and tuck one

    into the other.

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    10. Stand it up and

    straighten it out. If

    you have trouble

    keeping the points

    even, break out the

    iron and back track to

    the folds that mess

    up your alignment. Is

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