A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
The image depicts an edo-era pattern called "same-komon" or "鮫小紋"which looks like a shark skin.The "same" in Japanese means shark in English.
Source Yamachem
This is a hot one. Small, sharp and unique.
Source GraphicsWall
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
The image is a seamless pattern of a fishnet.
Source Yamachem
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A repeating background with a look of paper. I have added some changes to PatCreator. Now you can share your designs by submitting them to a new gallery section. Start by clicking Edit with PatCreator above.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper