Fabric (Plaid) #591
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.

Source James Basoo

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Lego background #266
 Noise  CC 0

Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.

Source Firkin

Pool Table #175
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.

Source Caveman

Background pattern 239 (colour 2) #2216
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Glossy Diagonal Stripes, Background Pattern #908
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.

Source V. Hartikainen

Foggy Birds #579
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?

Source Pete Fecteau

Floral design 91 #1814
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.

Source Firkin

stone filter pack #154
 Stone  CC 0

This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.

Source Lazur URH

Light Orange Brown Wallpaper #911
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.

Source V. Hartikainen

Tessellation 16 (colour 6) #2210
 Colorful  CC 0

The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Zig-zag pattern #2418
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Arrows Background #392
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Arrows Background

Source GDJ

Square ornament 38 #2147
 Dark  CC 0

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

Vintage pattern #1959
 Grid  CC 0

Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 223 (colour 4) #2350
 Pink  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background #571
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Retro Circles Background 8 No Black@2X #438
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 8 No Black

Source GDJ