Floral background 22 (colour) #1779
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
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Paisley #1343
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
Nami #575
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!
Source Dertig Media
Background pattern 254 (colour) #2143
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 195 #2587
Grid CC 0Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Sativa #1306
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
Moss #1290
Wall CC 0ZeroCC tileable moss texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 5) #2035
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Diagmonds@2X #337
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
"Dark Red Canvas", Seamless Web Texture #1221
Red CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Cream Paper #1016
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Background pattern 201 (colour 3) #2493
Grid CC 0A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Faded Diagonal Stripes #1001
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background #471
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
Purty Wood@2X #678
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
Background pattern 320 #1830
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Background pattern 306 (colour 3) #1880
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Graphy #350
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Stucco@2X #295
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Background pattern 328 (colour 4) #1798
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 230 #2304
Yellow CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
P2@2X #1108
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background #491
Noise CC 0Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ