Retro Squares Background 9 #399
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Retro Squares Background 9

Source GDJ

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Fabric (Plaid) #591
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.

Source James Basoo

Background pattern 7 #227
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Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Background2 #259
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rug texture background

Source Jilllio

WaveCut #75
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.

Source Ian Soper

Background pattern 308 (colour 3) #1870
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse #196
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Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse

Source GDJ

Background pattern pink #1954
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To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Rough Cloth@2X #313
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski

Sports car pattern 2 #2441
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A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Micro Carbon@2X #8
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Decorative divider #1986
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.

Source Firkin