From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
A seamless pattern formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable ground cracked, crackled, texture, made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.
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
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.
Source Firkin
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso