With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo