Background pattern 24 #198
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The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

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Fabric pattern 2 (colour 6) #2391
 Fabric  CC 0

Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 8 (black) #209
 Dark  CC 0

Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Background pattern purple #1946
 Colorful  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Dark Denim #29
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark denim looking pattern. 145×145 pixels.

Source Atle Mo

Bright Squares #87
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.

Source Waseem Dahman

Background pattern 214 #2377
 Blue  CC 0

A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
 Cardboard  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 7 (grey) #206
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Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Brushed Alum@2X #68
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.

Source Tim Ward

Background pattern 309 (colour 2) #1865
 Blue  CC 0

Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Desert Camo Print #255
 Fabric  CC 0

Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.

Source Eady

Wine Cork #33
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Wine cork texture based off a scanned corkboard.

Source Atle Mo

Hexagonal pattern #2379
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Gold Scale #284
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.

Source Josh Green