Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
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The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
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The image depicts an edo-era pattern called "same-komon" or "鮫小紋"which looks like a shark skin.The "same" in Japanese means shark in English.
Source Yamachem
The image a seamless pattern derived from a weed which I can't identify.The original weed image is from here:https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301423641/
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To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
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From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
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