From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Alternative colour scheme to the original.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
A seamless pattern formed from miutopia mug remixes on a tablecloth.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen