Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
This is a seamless pattern which is derived from a flower petal image.
Source Yamachem
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern which includes hexagonally-aligned gourds with BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso