P4@2X #1112
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
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Bedge Grunge #978
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
Retina Dust@2X #916
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Red #1247
Red CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Light Wool@2X #696
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Background pattern 5 #224
Noise CC 0A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Otis Redding #1004
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Otis Ray Redding was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. So you know.
Source Thomas Myrman
Type@2X #277
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 235 (colour 3) #2253
Pink CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Grunge Website Background #1122
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
White Well & Star #1700
Wall CC 0Background Wall, Art Abstract, Star Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Background pattern 239 #2217
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 227 #2314
Yellow CC 0A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Background pattern black and white #2030
Dark CC 0A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Clover with background #237
Paper CC 0Clover with background for St. Patrick's Day. Add to a card with a doily, ribbon, a leprechaun or other embellishments.
Source BAJ
Fruit on a branch #1969
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Cross Scratches #625
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Back Pattern #945
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 4) #2384
Fabric CC 0Alternative 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
Background pattern 323 #1807
Red CC 0Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 15 #1753
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
"Dirty Paper", Seamless Background #1059
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Circles@2X #186
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia