Background pattern 308 #1872
Yellow CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
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Large Leather@2X #650
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
Decorative divider 241 #2084
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Block Well #1698
Colorful CC 0Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Fabric pattern (colour 6) #2397
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. 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
Padded@2X #62
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Decorative divider 200 #2420
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
Textured Grid Paper #1316
Orange CC BY-SA 3.0A tile-able background for websites with paper-like texture and a grid pattern layered on top of it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Perforated White Leather@2X #636
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
Subtle Surface@2X #926
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Simple bump #172
Dark CC 0A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
Cincinnati tablet 2 #2146
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 271 #2058
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Lined Paper #362
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background #412
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Pink Background Pattern #1232
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern #1963
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background@2X #803
Light CC 0Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Fabric pattern (colour 5) #2398
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. 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
Retina Dust #915
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Arches #715
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock