Background pattern 41 #262
 Fabric  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

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Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 #409
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2

Source GDJ

Prismatic Arrows Background #392
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Arrows Background

Source GDJ

Retina Dust@2X #916
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

First 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

White Paperboard@2X #375
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!

Source Chaos

Background pattern 252 (colour 3) #2160
 Green  CC 0

Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 (colour) #2204
 Colorful  CC 0

Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.

Source Firkin

Fabric pattern 2 (colour 2) #2395
 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

Leather 1@2X #14
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A leather pattern with a hint of yellow.

Source Atle Mo

Floral design 70 #2520
 Dark  CC 0

Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.

Source Firkin

Starring #585
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you need stars, this is the one to get.

Source Agus Riyadi

Floral background 2 #380
 Wall  CC 0

Background formed from the original with an emboss effect

Source GDJ

Lined Paper@2X #363
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.

Source Are Sundnes

Background pattern 308 (colour 4) #1868
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Geometric pattern #2003
 Grid  CC 0

A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Sports car pattern #2442
 Red  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 221 (colour) #2346
 Yellow  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 6@2X #512
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 6

Source GDJ

Background pattern 273 #2042
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin