Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Looks like an old rug or a computer chip.
Source Patutin Sergey
This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile based on a jpg on Pixabay. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin