Background pattern 306 (colour 3) #1880
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

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Type #276
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Lego background #266
 Noise  CC 0

Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.

Source Firkin

Micro Carbon #7
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Repeating Art Paper Background #1078
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A repeating background with a look of paper. I have added some changes to PatCreator. Now you can share your designs by submitting them to a new gallery section. Start by clicking Edit with PatCreator above.

Source V. Hartikainen

Black Linen 2 #103
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.

Source Atle Mo

45-Degree Fabric@2X #2
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.

Source Atle Mo

Brown Metallic Grid Pattern #1086
 Metal  CC BY-SA 3.0

A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.

Source V. Hartikainen

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