Stoffteils
Stoffteil is a German term describing a single piece of fabric cut from a larger stock for a particular purpose within textile production or design. In everyday industry language, it designates fabric that serves as a component rather than a finished textile product. The plural Stoffteile is used to refer to multiple such pieces.
Typical Stoffteile vary in size from small swatches used for color and hand feel assessment to larger
Applications of Stoffteile include fabric sampling for designers, color matching tests, material property testing (such as
See also Stoffreste, Stoffstück, Schnittmuster, Textile terminology.