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Zig-zag pattern #2418
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Noisy@2X #46
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.

Source Mladjan Antic

Background pattern 225 (colour 5) #2323
 Blue  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Patchwork Quilt Pattern Background #228
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Floral design 100 (version 2, colour) #1772
 Green  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

Type #276
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Diamond pattern (colour 9) #2269
 Fabric  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Retina Dust #915
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.

Source Atle Mo

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Checkered Pattern@2X #323
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background #569
 Light  CC 0

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ

White Paperboard #374
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!

Source Chaos

Floral pattern 9 #2043
 Dark  CC 0

The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.

Source Firkin