A method of making a paper pattern for dyeing by the use of a paper pattern material comprising a screen and a fusible sheet material bonded thereon, said sheet material being less resistant to heat than the screen, which comprises applying the blunt edge of a blade heated to a temperature slightly lower than the fusing temperature of the sheet material to the surface of the sheet material along the profile of the pattern of the prototype to cut only the sheet material by the cooperation of pressing and softening with the blade edge, or applying the tip of a pointed rod-like tool heated to a temperature higher than the melting temperature of the sheet material and lower than the heat-resistant temperature of the screen to the surface of the sheet material along the profile of the pattern of the prototype to cut only the sheet material by melting, followed by peeling off from the screen the cut portion of the sheet material corresponding to the profile.