A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
A textured orange background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from repeated instances of corner decoration 8. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Inspired by this, I came up with this pattern. Madness!
Source Atle Mo
A repeating background with dark brown stone-like texture and abstract pattern that looks like tree trunks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn