More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by gingertea
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
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
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture. I think this texture can be classified as grunge. It's free and seamless, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin