A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by gingertea
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From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
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Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
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A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
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Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
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Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
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To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Retro Circles Background 7 No Black
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With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Run a restaurant blog? Here you go. Done.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Seamless Background For Websites. It has a texture similar to cork-board.
Source V. Hartikainen
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
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A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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