A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
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
A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
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
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy