From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
f you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
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
Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
emixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kyotime
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Did some testing with Repper Pro tonight, and this gray mid-tone pattern came out.
Source Atle Mo
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin