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 pattern pieces sized to match garment components. They may be cut along the warp and weft grain, or as waste parts generated during pattern cutting. Some Stoffteile are prepared as standardized training or test pieces for quality control.

Applications of Stoffteile include fabric sampling for designers, color matching tests, material property testing (such as tensile strength and abrasion resistance), and as temporary construction elements during fittings. In production, Stoffteile can also be remnants or cutouts that are reclassified as Stoffreste or salvaged for secondary use, including patchwork or recycling.

See also Stoffreste, Stoffstück, Schnittmuster, Textile terminology.