I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Element of beach pattern with background.
Source Rones
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
Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?
Source Pete Fecteau
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Black And White Floral Pattern Background from PDP.
Source GDJ
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin