The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless tessellation pattern. To get the tile this is formed from, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Uses spirals from Pixabay. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen