Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
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
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Alternative 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
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Classic 45-degree pattern, light version.
Source Luke McDonald
Green Web Background, Seamless tile.
Source V. Hartikainen
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin