Retro Circles Background 8 No Black
Source GDJ
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
Source Firkin
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Inspired by this, I came up with this pattern. Madness!
Source Atle Mo
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin