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Cardboard #278
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.

Source Atle Mo

Soft Kill #318
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Square ornament 38 #2147
 Dark  CC 0

From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 283 (version 2) #1855
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 9 (greyscale) #213
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Type@2X #277
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Fabric pattern (colour 2) #2401
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative 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

Old Mathematics #43
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.

Source Josh Green

polka dot seamless pattern remix #2498
 Blue  CC 0

This is the remix of "polka dot seamless pattern".The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.

Source Yamachem

Paven@2X #297
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.

Source Josh Green

Background Patterns Lazuli #253
 Fabric  CC 0

If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117

Source Viscious-Speed

Floral design 90 #1815
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.

Source Firkin

Seamless tile 4 #1812
 Red  CC 0

Not strictly seamless in that opposite edges are not identical. But they do marry up to make an interesting pattern

Source Firkin

Background pattern 239 #2217
 Red  CC 0

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

Source Firkin