- 1). Measure a piece of canvas 2 inches wide by 5 inches long. Most plastic canvas has a discernible grid pattern of 1-inch squares. Cut out the 2-by-5 rectangle by clipping through the squares outside of the desired section -- be careful not to clip inside the measured area.
- 2). Find the center of one of the 2-inch sides, and count three squares down into the material. Mark the center bar at this point, then the two to either side and the one below it; carefully clip or cut out this cross (+) shaped section, leaving a four-square hole with a four-square solid piece above it. This is the top of your bookmark. Clip the outer bars off of the four corners to round them.
- 3). Cut a piece of ribbon about 3 feet in length. Thread all but 6 inches of it through one of the two holes along the edge of the canvas directly above the large hole you made earlier, then the one below it and finally through the large hole itself.
- 4). Loop the ribbon over the top of the canvas alongside the 6-inch piece hanging free, then thread it through the second hole from the edge. Do this all the way around the canvas. To do the corners, thread the ribbon over the notch at the corner instead of over the top when you reach the hole diagonally connected to it, then back through the same hole before continuing to loop over the edge on the next side.
- 5). When you reach the pair of holes directly above the large hole at the top of the bookmark, thread the ribbon through those two holes in a mirror image of the first stitches. Tie the trailing ends of the ribbon in a loose double knot, then trim them so that they're even.
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