Background pattern 9 (greyscale) #213
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
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crissXcross@2X #112
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Fabric pattern 2 (colour 6) #2391
Fabric CC 0Not 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
Parquet flooring pattern #2427
Red CC 0A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Hexellence #705
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Dirty Old Black Shirt #853
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Background pattern 238 #2229
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 10 #1775
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 6 (colour 4) #2458
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Dirty Old Black Shirt@2X #854
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Background pattern 308 (colour 6) #1867
Pink CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Tile-able Black Paper Background #1076
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 334 (colour) #1730
Red CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Background pattern 1 #220
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Wavy background #2016
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 11 (colour) #1763
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 4) #2384
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
Grunge Wall #81
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Vintage pattern #1958
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Handmade Paper@2X #38
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.
Source Marquis
Square ornament 37 #2177
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Scribble Light #739
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Floral background 21 (colour) #1784
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Dark Circles #306
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
Arches@2X #716
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Skeletal Weave #931
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica