With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Zero CC tileable moss or lichen covered stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
Source Firkin
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin