Background pattern 271 #2058
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
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Geometric pattern #2005
Grid CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
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Background pattern 236 #2249
Dark CC 0Seamless pattern the basic tile for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Noise CC 0Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
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Background pattern 117 #524
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Grid CC 0The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
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Background pattern 310 (colour 2) #1861
Yellow CC 0Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 10 #1771
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
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Background pattern 272 (colour 3) #2055
Red CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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Light CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
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Stardust@2X #1210
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
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Green & Ivy #1365
Green CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Brilliant #753
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
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