Stitched Wool@2X #844
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
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French Stucco #697
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
stone filter pack #154
Stone CC 0This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.
Source Lazur URH
Wide Rectangles@2X #700
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
Paper 3 #31
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
Floral pattern 17 #1723
Dark CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
Green Wall #1252
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Wavy background #2016
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 5) #2383
Fabric CC 0Alternative 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.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 11 (variant 3) #2536
Grid CC 0The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 252 (colour 6) #2157
Light CC 0Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
MBossed #193
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background@2X #542
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 254 #2144
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Diamond pattern (colour 7) #2274
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Nistri #773
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black #404
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
Dark Wood@2X #321
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
Subtle Orange Emboss@2X #98
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 #2205
Dark CC 0Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12 #523
Noise CC 0Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
Page ornament #1989
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 1 #220
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black #402
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Vintage pattern #1959
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Wave Grind@2X #1133
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo