Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Produced using the clouds, flames and glass blocks plug-ins in Paint.net and the resulting .PNG vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Zero CC tileable cork floor, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Zero CC tileable hard cover green book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin