A free seamless background texture of "timber wall" (colored in dark brown).
Source V. Hartikainen
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
A seamless background pattern with impressed gray dots.
Source V. Hartikainen
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady
Source Firkin
A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen