Background pattern 227 (colour 6) #2309
 Red  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

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Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background #273
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Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background

Source GDJ

Floral Abstract Pattern Background #217
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PDP

Source GDJ

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 1 #2452
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From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Retro Squares Background 4 #418
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Retro Squares Background 4

Source GDJ

Fabric 1 #9
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.

Source Atle Mo

White Texture #131
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

Retro Circles Background 5 #424
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Retro Circles Background 5

Source GDJ

Retro Circles Background 8 #435
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Retro Circles Background 8

Source GDJ

Bird pattern #2293
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Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 328 (colour 3) #1799
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To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 8 (black) #209
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Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin