Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
Source Firkin
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by DavidZydd
Source Firkin