As end target i need to create classic chess like background for canvas to represent 'transparent' background with option to turn it to real transparent and back (in program, no direct user interaction here) - so I'm open on others ways to do it.

At current state i have created more or less correct pattern and have added it to canvas, but also i have two problems with it to fix:

1. Transition between two Rects and Rects vs background is blurred instead of sharp.
2. On adding pattern to canvas it is scaled based on page visual size/zoom on page load instead of programmed size of the pattern and canvas. (To check Zoom then run sipped again)

Code:

```js
// initialize fabric canvas and assign to global windows object for debug
var canvas = window._canvas = new fabric.Canvas('c');

const newTransparent = function() {
    const chessStatic = new fabric.StaticCanvas();
    chessStatic.setHeight(10);
    chessStatic.setWidth(10);
    chessStatic.renderAll();
    chessStatic.setBackgroundColor('lightgrey');
    const greyRect = new fabric.Rect({
      width: 5,
      height: 5,
      left: 0,
      top: 0,
     // fill: 'grey',
      strokeWidth: 0
    });
    greyRect.set('fill', 'rgba(150, 150, 150, 1)')
    const lightGreyRect = new fabric.Rect({
      width: 5,
      height: 5,
      left: 5,
      top: 5,
     // fill: 'grey',
      strokeWidth: 0
    });
    lightGreyRect.set('fill', 'rgba(187, 187, 187, 1)')

    chessStatic.add(greyRect);
    chessStatic.add(lightGreyRect);
    const greyRect2 = greyRect;
    chessStatic.add(greyRect);
    chessStatic.add(lightGreyRect);
    chessStatic.calcOffset();
    chessStatic.renderAll();

    const transparentPattern = new fabric.Pattern({
      source: function() {
        return chessStatic.getElement();
      },
      repeat: 'repeat'
    });
    return transparentPattern;
 }

canvas.setBackgroundColor(newTransparent(), canvas.renderAll.bind(canvas));

fabric.util.addListener(document.getElementById('toggle-repeat'), 'click', function () {

    canvas.setBackgroundColor(newTransparent(), canvas.renderAll.bind(canvas));
const lightGreyRect = new fabric.Rect({
      width: 5,
      height: 5,
      left: 5,
      top: 5,
     // fill: 'grey',
      strokeWidth: 0
    });
    lightGreyRect.set('fill', 'rgba(187, 187, 187, 1)')

    canvas.add(lightGreyRect);
    canvas.renderAll();
});

fabric.util.addListener(document.getElementById('toggle-bgcolor'), 'click', function () {
    if (canvas.backgroundColor instanceof fabric.Pattern) {
        canvas.setBackgroundColor('rgba(0, 225, 64, 0.6)', canvas.renderAll.bind(canvas));
    }
    else {
        canvas.setBackgroundColor({source: 'http://fabricjs.com/assets/escheresque_ste.png'}, canvas.renderAll.bind(canvas));        
    }
});
```

```css
canvas {
    border: 1px solid #999;
}
button {
    margin-top: 20px;
}
```

```html
<script src="https://rawgit.com/kangax/fabric.js/master/dist/fabric.js"></script>
<canvas id="c" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
<button id="toggle-repeat">Toggle repeat</button>
<button id="toggle-bgcolor">Toggle background</button>
```