The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
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
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
A blue background wallpaper for websites. It has a seamless texture with vertical stripes. It looks quite nice not only when using as a tiled background on websites, but also on computer desktops.
Source V. Hartikainen
Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by TheDigitalArtist
Source Firkin
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin