Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from repeated instances of corner decoration 8. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a seamless brown cork board background texture. Feel free to download or reshare if you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim