A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by captenpub.
Source Firkin
Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
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
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ