Don’t let the muted tones of safe colors drag down the backyard party. Add a skip to your stepping stones with one of the Top Ten Vibrant Outdoor Textile Designs that consist of everything from upholstery to tough pillow fabrics and picnic blankets. Some stylish, some silly, some downright flamboyant – tis the season to get outside and play.

Top Ten: Vibrant Outdoor Textile Designs.

Textiles of the Outdoor and Famous Speak to Bold Shades and Sharp Designs on Your Patio Furnishings This Season.

1. Big Island
MANUFACTURER: Donghia
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 54″W, 29″horizontal repeat, 30″ vertical repeat

Named after the Hawaiian island, Big Isand is patterned in a large scale. It is an indoor/outdoor textile made using 100% acrylic Sunbrella yarns to ensure longevity. Available in a variety of colorways, Big Islands double-toned look resembles that of a tropical button-down.

2. Clara
DESIGNER: Angela Adams
MANUFACTURER: Architex
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 54″ W

In six different colorways, made from 100% acrylic, the Clara textile by Angela Adams for Architex goes from warm and blossoming to cool and fresh in its Sunbrella fabric. For the poolside or garden patio, its a resilient outdoor textile inspired by Adams’ Maine island lifestyle.

3. Vevey
MANUFACTURER: Missoni Home
PRICE: from $285
Dimensions: 57″W, 114″ repeat

Made using 100% cotton, this outdoor fabric, Vevey for Missoni Home, can withstand temperatures of up to 86 degrees Fahrenheit. In a gregarious graphic display of spinning flowers, the Vevey is most often used on pillows and cushions – and like all Missoni textiles, hopefully kept out of direct sunlight.

4. Unikko
DESIGNER: Maija and Kristina Isola
MANUFACTURER: Marimekko
PRICE: from $54
Dimensions: 54″W, 39-1/4″ repeat

Add a dash of yellow, some lime and a sprinkling of white poppy flowers to Marimekko’s Unikko print and PVC-coating has never seen it look so good. The Maija and Kristina Isola print in great summery shades work best as tablecloths and placemats, lasting a long time regardless of exterior wear and tear.

5. Copacabana Poppy
MANUFACTURER: Kravet
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 55″W, 14.5″H repeat

This fluid, edgy Copacabana Poppy upholstery by the Kravet Soleil line is a solution-dyed, 100% acrylic material designed for outdoor use. It’s finish treatment is a teflon with indoor/outdoor versatility and it’s completely reversible.

6. Mari
MANUFACTURER: Lulu DK
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 54″W, 25″ v. 27″H repeat

Made by the Parsons School of Design entrepreneur, Lulu deKwiatkowski, this New York original fabric design is made using 100% acrylic to withstand the outdoors and the indoors alike. The Mari pattern is a repetitious, branched-out tree design that comes in two different shades: Coral and Ocean.

7. Nos Da Picnic
DESIGNER: Donna Wilson
PRICE: $478
Dimensions: 59″L x 59″W

Not an upholstery textile or a tablecloth, this Nos Da blanket by Scottish designer Donna Wilson is thick and plush, made using 100% wool with a 100% waxed cotton canvas backing. In delightful color combinations, the textile means “good night” in a traditional Welsh phrase and is spun using ultra thick yarn and woven at a 10-year old mill in Wales.

8. Russian Nesting Dolls
MANUFACTURER: Karen Singh Designs
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: varies

Floating Matrioshka dolls atop brilliant shades of green, red, black and violet could help you nest into your patio chaise cushion a bit deeper. With a wide variety of other outdoor textiles available, Karen Singh knows textiles.

9. Sunglass
DESIGNER: Trina Turk
MANUFACTURER: Schumacher
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 54″W, 27″ horizontal repeat, 25.25″ vertical repeat

In 100% acrylic duck fabric, this Sunglass print in Citron shines through 500 hours of lightfastness. If yellow’s too bright for your taste, Trina Turk also created the modern print for Schumacher in Parrot, Citron, Orange, Pool, and Charcoal.

10. Marina
MANUFACTURER: Stacy Garcia
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 54″W

Like thousands of tiny Sunbrella, solution-dyed pieces of acrylic, the mosaic of Marina by Stacy García comes to life as an outdoor textile in Beach Club, Lime, or Tutti Frutti colorways.

Hope you enjoyed our roundup of the Top Ten Vibrant Outdoor Textiles!

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