A seamless design of flowers remixed from a jpg on Pixabay by Prawny.
Source Firkin
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
Used the 6th circle pattern designed by Viscious-Speed to create a print that can be used for card making or scrapbooking. Save as a PDF file for the best printing option.
Source Lovinglf
A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by TheDigitalArtist
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
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
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica