A painterly leaf pattern that started in Rebecca Atwood's sketchbook, woven in Pennsylvania from recycled yarn, and tough enough for the porch. Here's what makes it work, where we'd put it, and how to live with it.
Where we found it: Our Long Island Trade Show.
What Petals is
Petals is a woven upholstery fabric, which means the pattern isn't printed on top. It's built into the cloth as it's woven. Soft, elongated leaf shapes drift across a tonal ground, curling at the edges, so you catch a slight shift in color wherever one turns.
It's also reversible. The back is a usable face of its own, which gives a workroom a little more to play with on welts, backs and cushion borders.
Where it comes from
The pattern began as loose, elongated brushstrokes in Rebecca Atwood's sketchbook. That's her signature: hand-painted marks translated into cloth without losing the hand that made them.
Then comes the surprise. Petals is woven in Pennsylvania from UV-resistant polyester, 65% of it post-consumer recycled, and it's rated for outdoor use. It tests past 100,000 double rubs and meets California's TB 117-2013 flammability standard. Nothing about the way it looks gives any of that away.
Calm from across the room. Rewarding up close.
Where we'd put it
Rebecca's team likes it on larger upholstered pieces, and so do we. A sofa that actually gets sat on. A sectional in the family room. An oversized ottoman that doubles as a coffee table. At that scale the 17.75" repeat has room to breathe, and the pattern reads as texture rather than print. Weighing your options for a sofa? Our designer's guide to sofa fabrics walks through every category.
Because it's outdoor-rated, it also earns a spot on a covered porch or in a sunroom. Rebecca Atwood recommends covering cushions or bringing them inside when they're not in use.
How to live with Petals
Petals is built tough. Rebecca Atwood's own cleaning guidance is a diluted bleach solution, one part bleach to four parts water. Still, no fabric is stain-proof. Oily spills like sunscreen, body oils and salad dressing are tough on just about any fiber, even the best-performing ones.
Protect it from the start, so it keeps looking the way it did the day it arrived.
Blot oily spills gently with a clean, dry, white cloth. Never rub.
If it doesn't lift, skip the guesswork and call us.
More on spills by fabric type in our stain removal guide. For why outdoor and performance fabrics still benefit from protection, see Fiber-Seal vs Performance Fabric and Special Fabrics Need Special Care.
In eight colorways
Blue, Brown/Black, Green/Blue, Ice/Green, Ivory, Ochre, Purple and Rose/Purple.
At a glance
Maker: Rebecca Atwood
Pattern: Petals Woven, shown in Blue
Type: Woven pattern, reversible
Content: 100% UV polyester (65% post-consumer)
Width: 52.75"
Repeat: 17.75" W x 14" H
Durability: 100,000+ double rubs (Wyzenbeek)
Best for: Larger upholstered pieces, indoors and out
Made in: Woven in Pennsylvania
Samples: 6" x 6" swatch, $10
See it in person
Photos only get you so far with a woven. Rebecca Atwood sells 6" x 6" swatches of every colorway, so you can see the hand and the color shift for yourself. Request a sample from Rebecca Atwood.
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