Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Formed from decorative divider 184 in paint.net. Vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin