From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background
Source GDJ
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
The image depicts a seamless pattern made using a bird's face.
Source Yamachem
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin