From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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A light gray background pattern with seamless fabric-like texture and almost unnoticeable stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
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Seamless Light Background Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
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Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Alternative 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.
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A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
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You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
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Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
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A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin