SEWN Lanterns

I've made two lanterns so far. I had made all my painted pattern into sewn strips a couple of weeks ago and no time to make more paper, so I have been working my way through this inventory for the various projects.

The first lantern combines four panels of the strips with some punched circles from my paper stash to embellish each side. I used embroidery floss for the top hanger and strips of fabric for the things at the bottom that hang down. I coated the four sides with beeswax just to stiffen it up a bit.

The second lantern I made used an 8" square waxed panel I had made for another art project. I cut three more squares that same size and added a fifth square of the beeswax-coated paper to the top to keep the whole thing more square. Again, this one was coated all over with the beeswax. I used the sewn paper strips for the sides.