From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
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Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Heavily remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
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I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Background Wall, Art Abstract, Blue Well & CC0 texture.
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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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Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
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From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
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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
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
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A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
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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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As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
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Inspired by this, I came up with this pattern. Madness!
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
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Just a nice looking textured pattern with faded blue stripes. Well, that's it for today... one background a day, as usual.
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