Make a down-home meal more fun with pinwheel napkins made from bandannas (they're easy to find and inexpensive).
Pin-Wheel How-To
1. Turn your iron to the high or cotton setting. Fold the bandanna into quarters, and iron it flat.
2. Fold one side toward the center, as shown. Iron in place.
3. Use your right index finger to hold the folded-up edge against the center. With your left hand, pull the corner toward you, as shown; fold the corner at a right angle to create a pinwheel "vane." Iron in place.
4. Hold the center with your right index finger, and pull the upper left corner with your left hand so it folds down, as shown in the picture at right. Hold the center with your left index finger and pull the upper-right corner with your right hand so the vane points up; press it. Reach inside the bottom-right corner; pull out and fold to make the last vane. Iron flat.
Impossible directions, yet again. Surely Martha can afford to hire someone who can write instructions. Other sites find writers.
cute idea but directions are very hard to follow....
These instructions and photos are terrible! I'll try one of the websites suggested in the comments!
For the life of me I can't figure this out. Need more pictures - not clear at all.
It took me quite a while to figure it out. It was really frustrating and sheer perseverence and determination finally got me through. The pictures should be shown in the direction we work. And also more pictures would help.
for instructions on many other npkin folds try http://www.napkinfoldingguide.com/
it has clear instructions including pictures
for instructions on many other npkin folds try http://www.napkinfoldingguide.com/
it has clear instructions including pictures
For much clearer instructions on how to fold pinwheel napkins, go to: http://bumblebeelinens.com/pinwheelFold.php.
Thank you geishagirl for the website, which is a very good one, I'd say. Yes, I agree, the above directions are confusing.
gish, Thanks I will try your idea 'causez I don't get this one eather!!!
I'd love to be able to make the pinwheel napkin shapes, but am not having any luck. It would help if the pictures were in the same direction as I'm trying to work, rather than upside down. Picture 2 and 3 appear to be identical. Step 2: Fold one side toward the center--to the half-way spot, one-third? Step 3: pull the corner toward you, which corner? Step 4: folds down? I can't tell from the last picture exactly what is folding down. Has the napkin been rotated? What is the piece that
Try this site: http://bumblebeelinens.com/pinwheelFold.php
It gives clear instructions with easy step-by-step pictures detailing the instructions. Good luck!
Pictures 2
as shown in pic #4, when you pull the corner down, you allow the napkin edge to fold in toward the center. may help to try with a napkin NOT folded in quarters first, so the extra layers don't confuse, then do the real thing after you see how it works
This website is even better, great pics and its really simple if you follow their instructions.....
http://www.celebrating-christmas.com/party/pinwheel-napkin-fold.shtml
Try this site: http://www.associatedtextile.com/foldingnapkins.html
Please provide step by step visuals for the folding. What is shown is not customer friendly. Thank you.
I don't get it either. Can we get more pictures or perhaps a video, please? I'd love to be able to fold these.
I too wasted too much time trying to figure this out. For one thing, photos 2 and 3 are identical. I think someone at MSL messed up. In any case, if anyone figures this out, please let us know.
Can anyone explain this folding technique to me? These still pictures aren't cutting it for me.