• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Howcast

Howcast

The best source for fun, free, and useful how-to videos and guides.

  • Arts & Crafts
  • Entertainment
  • Food & Drink
  • Health
  • Home & Garden
  • Relationships
  • Explore Guides
  • Contact
  • About
  • FAQs
  • Explore Guides
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Entertainment
  • Food & Drink
  • Health & Wellness
  • Love & Relationships
  • Home & Garden
EntertainmentNapkin Folding Instructions

How to Fold Napkins the French Way

Instructions

  • Step 1: Iron the napkin Iron the napkin.
  • TIP: For an especially crisp look, use starch.
  • Step 2: Fold in half Fold the napkin in half diagonally and then shift it so that the long side is on the left.
  • Step 3: Pull corner down Take the top corner and pull it down toward you, to the right of the bottom tip, until the two tips are about four inches apart.
  • Step 4: Fold again Fold the top-most point over until you have three even sections.
  • Step 5: Drape Drape the finished product over the dinner plate.
  • FACT: In ancient Rome, the main purpose of the napkin was to wipe one’s brow during meals eaten in the hot sun.

You Will Need

  • A cloth napkin
  • An iron
  • Starch

Lessons in this Guide

How to Fold Napkins the French Way

How to Fold Napkins into Envelope Shapes

How to Fold Napkins into Silverware Pouches

How to Fold Napkins into Fleur-de-Lis Shapes

How to Fold Napkins into Pyramid Shapes

Copyright © 2026 · Howcast · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Ventures with Springwire.ai

Privacy Manager