Types of Patterns

Argyle (pattern) An argyle (occasionally argyll) pattern is made of diamonds or lozenges. The word is sometimes used to refer to an individual diamond in the design, but more commonly refers to the overall pattern. Most argyle contains layers of overlapping motifs, adding a sense of three-dimensionality, movement, and texture.

Chevron is all the rage, so naturally, I found you some great free chevron (or herringbone) patterns, seamless patterns, vectors, photoshop patterns, papers, overlays, pattern templates, and backgrounds!

Herringbone pattern. The herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement, so named for a fancied resemblance to the bones of a fish such as a herring. The blocks can be rectangles or parallelograms.

Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth, dog's tooth, or pied-de-poule, is a duotone textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white, although other colours are used.

Below I found an image of the Imperial Trellis in citrine color in a bathroom. Ours will be a bit more muted with 2/3 of the wall covered in white board and batten. via. I was able to find a stencil replica of this wallpaper on etsy. The best part is, the stencil is reusable so I can create some beautiful fabric patterns to decorate with as well.

Gingham is a printed or dyed fabric that is known for its checked patterns of white and a bold color. The size of the checks can vary, and although it typically is found with the checks appearing in horizontal rows and vertical columns, the checks also can appear to be arranged diagonally.

Because of this, jewelry with this pattern tends to be used in marriages. The keys could also come to mean eternal life, the four cardinal points or the four seasons of life. The most common form of the Greek keys appears in a standard, square-like pattern, although other patterns do exist.

Ikat, or ikkat, is a dyeing technique used to pattern textiles that employs resist dyeing on the yarns prior to dyeing and weaving the fabric. In ikat the resist is formed by binding individual yarns or bundles of yarns with a tight wrapping applied in the desired pattern.