SubtleNet #855
Light CC BY-SA 3.0You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
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Background pattern 306 (colour 5) #1879
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
"Colorful Stripes", Diagonally Striped Background #903
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 285 #1847
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 246 (colour 3) #2184
Green CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Dark Blue Gray Wallpaper Texture #901
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 229 #2151
Dark CC 0From 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
Fabric pattern 2 (colour 2) #2395
Fabric CC 0Not 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
Square ornament 37 #2177
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Flourish pattern (colour) #1737
Yellow CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Graphy #350
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Green Fibers@2X #92
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Simple bump #172
Dark CC 0A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
Background pattern 235 (colour 5) #2251
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Flourish 1 #2300
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Pattern generator #161
Noise CC 0A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Green Tiles, Background Pattern #1329
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 336 #1721
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 17 (colour) #1724
Orange CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
Dirty Old Black Shirt@2X #854
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat