Makana Mermaid Tail Sewing Pattern

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Description

You know what they say, mermaid have more fun!

Your kids will absolutely love dressing up in this playful skirt.

Sure to spark their imagination, the Makana Mermaid Skirt is a simple sew which comes together quickly. It is designed with easy dressing in mind so that kids to can transform themselves in to mer-people whenever the mer-mood strikes.

The elastic waistband is comfortable to wear and the long tail train gives the skirt a legit mermaid feel. Optional wrist elastic can be added to the tail so that kids can pick up their train when they want a little more ease of movement.

The Makana Mermaid Skirt is suitable for adventurous beginner sewers and works best with light to medium-weight woven fabric.
Pattern Difficulty Level
Size Guide & Fabric Requirements
  • 3 sizes included: 2-4 years, 5-7 years and 8-10 years.
  • Pattern includes all sizes listed above.
  • You can view the size chart & fabric requirements HERE.
Format Options (and what is included in each)

PDF Pattern includes:

  • Instant access download
  • Full tutorial with instructions and colour diagrams
  • A4/Letter pattern pieces with layers for printing at home
  • A0 large format/copy shop file with layers
  • Projector file with layers and calibration lines

Printed Pattern includes:

  • Physical pattern sent by post
  • Full colour, glossy A5 booklet with the comprehensive Tadah tutorial (not an abbreviated version as a lot of print patterns do!)
  • Large format pattern pieces printed on sturdy 80gsm paper and colour coded for ease of use.

PDF + Print BUNDLE

  • Includes everything listed above!
  • When you purchase the bundle your PDF pattern is half price!
Delivery of Printed Patterns

Your pattern will be mailed to you once payment has cleared.

PLEASE NOTE postage runs are on Tuesday and Thursday only.
Delivery of PDF Patterns

Your PDF Pattern is available for instant download after payment has cleared. Your download link will be made available in three ways:

  1. Immediately after ordering on the order confirmation page
  2. Emailed to you
  3. On your personal order history page in your customer account.
Terms of Use ~ Sewing Patterns

No part of this pattern may be reproduced in any form, by electronic or mechanical means, without the permission of Tadah Patterns. The pattern contained within this document is copy write protected. It is authorised for use by home sewers and business owners producing small quantities for resale. If you do use this pattern to produce items for sale I would really appreciate if you could give credit for the pattern, e.g. by writing “Pattern design by Tadah Patterns”.
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Common PDF Pattern questions

What is a PDF pattern & how do I use it?

A PDF is pattern is an electronic version of a sewing pattern (also known as an e-book or e-pattern) which you can download and print on your home printer.


Once you have downloaded the pattern and saved it to your computer it is your responsibility to take care of your patterns. It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you save them to a backup USB or cloud based storage such as Dropbox (see info above) in case your computer is lost or damaged.


You will need a PDF reader to open the files. We recommend Adobe Reader which you can download HERE. Viewing and printing issues can sometimes occur if you don’t have the latest version of your PDF reader. Please make sure you frequently check for (and install) updates.


To print your PDF pattern – you can print it at home on either A4 or letter paper. MAKE SURE your printer settings are set to 100%, NO SCALING or ACTUAL SIZE. Always check the 1” test square on your pattern to ensure it has printed the correct size before cutting your fabric. If your printer has cut off part of the pattern page you may need to reduce your print margins – you can find this under ‘page setup’ in your printer settings.

Once printed, the patterns will require you to assemble the pattern pieces by sticking them together. Instructions for how to do this is included at the beginning of each pattern.


If you have any trouble printing or assembling your pattern please contact us via email and we will do our best to troubleshoot with you to find a solution –help@tadahpatterns.com.au
My pattern is all shown on one big page - what is going on?

Each Tadah PDF pattern comes with THREE FILES:

  1. The main pattern file which includes the pattern cover, info pages, tutorial and pattern pieces (sliced for printing at home). THIS IS THE FILE YOU NEED TO OPEN TO PRINT AT HOME.
  2. The large format (A0) pattern which has all of the pattern pieces on one (or several) large pages. This file CANNOT be printed at home, it must be printed on a specialised large format printer at a commercial printer or office supplies store such as Officeworks in Australia or Staples in North America.
  3. Projector files which are specially formatted for those who use sewing projectors for cutting their pattern pieces.

If you are seeing just one page with pattern pieces, your printer is only printing a small corner of the page or it prints the whole pattern very tiny, then it is likely that you have opened the large format or projector file. To print at home you simply need to download and print the MAIN pattern file (the one with the pattern cover and tutorial) - this has the 'print at home' pages at the back.

If you have any trouble at all please pop us an email and we will walk you through the process.