Floral background 22 #1780
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
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Textured Paper Background (Vanilla Yellow) #1219
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 290 #1817
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
Tile-able Black Paper Background #1076
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 263 #2073
Pink CC 0Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 6 (colour 5) #2457
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
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
Vintage pattern #1959
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Egg Shell #861
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Decorative divider 232 #2148
Dark CC 0From 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
Elastoplast@2X #283
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Background pattern 254 #2144
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Tweed@2X #1151
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Zodiac sign symbol background #1927
Red CC 0Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 11 #1765
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Square ornament 27 #2523
Dark CC 0Formed from decorative divider 184 in paint.net. Vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Ice Age #637
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Small Steps #1312
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
Background pattern 226 (colour 2) #2320
Green CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Page ornament #1991
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Black Thread@2X #600
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
Grey Sandbag #641
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva