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.
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A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
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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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After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Neat little photography icon pattern.
Source Hossam Elbialy
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
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More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
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.
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From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
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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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A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
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