The Bird Of Paradise Napkin Fold

This is a classic and classy napkin folding technique that requires a stiff napkin. If you don’t
have any dinner napkins made of stiff linen then a light starching should fix you right up.

Procedure:

4. Fold the napkin in half

1. Lay the napkin face 2. Fold the napkin in 3. Fold the napkin in
diagonally, creating a
down in front of you. half. quarters.
triangle.

5. Orient the triangle so 6. Fold the right corner

the open tip is facing diagonally towards you –
away from 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.
7. Do the same with the . Fold the two "wings"
left corner, fold it that you just made in
diagonally toward you folds 6 and 7 under so
and press it down next that you have your
to the previous fold. original triangle shape
Now you have a back. Once again an iron
diamond, you’re rich! can make a world of
Yay!. difference.

10. This bird’s almost

9. Fold the triangle in ready to fly, but first you
half by bringing the must give it some
center seam towards feathers. While holding
you and allowing the the base firmly to keep
ends to fall. your folds together, pull
up the four ‘flaps’
created by the napkin’s
corners.