Free Be a Mermaid and Make Waves SVG

Be a Mermaid, Make Waves with a mermaid’s tail SVG

Which one? SVG for Cricut and lasers, DXF for the free Silhouette Studio, PNG to print.

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Be a Mermaid, Make Waves with a mermaid’s tail, as a solid black shape
Be a Mermaid, Make Waves with a mermaid’s tail. The preview is the SVG file itself.

“Be a Mermaid and Make Waves” with a mermaid’s tail above the words: the first line in Pacifico script, the rest in narrow capitals, the lines made the same width. The picture is a separate piece, so it can be cut in a second colour or left off.

What is in the file

Size67 × 100 mm (2.65 × 3.94 in), scales to any size
Pieces18 separate pieces
Outlines to cut47: 18 outer edges and 29 cut-outs
Cut length1,677 mm at this size
Narrowest part0.6 mm at this size
Nodes602 curve and line segments

Measured from the file. PNG: 1,371 × 2,000 pixels, transparent. About the three file types.

Will it cut at your size?

Scaling a design scales its thinnest part too. Here is this one at seven sizes, from 1 to 12 inches on its longer side, with how many copies fit a 12 × 12 inch sheet or mat.

Size, width × heightNarrowest partCut lengthFit on a 12 in sheetRule of thumb
0.67 × 1 in (17 × 25 mm)0.15 mm426 mm130Too fine for most machines
1.35 × 2 in (34 × 51 mm)0.3 mm852 mm35Too fine for most machines
2.02 × 3 in (51 × 76 mm)0.46 mm1,278 mm15Too fine for most machines
2.69 × 4 in (68 × 102 mm)0.61 mm1,704 mm8Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
4.04 × 6 in (103 × 152 mm)0.91 mm2,556 mm2Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
5.38 × 8 in (137 × 203 mm)1.2 mm3,408 mm2Vinyl, card and thin sheet
8.08 × 12 in (205 × 305 mm)1.8 mm5,111 mm1Vinyl, card and thin sheet

The narrowest part is the thinnest neck or wall beside a cut-out; sharp tips are not counted. For wood and acrylic, keep it at least as wide as the sheet is thick. How to open the file in Cricut, Silhouette and laser software.

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