Binding Light@2X #1137
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
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Decorative divider 198 #2437
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
Stitched Wool #843
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Background patter 294 #1920
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Restaurant #1319
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Run a restaurant blog? Here you go. Done.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
Background pattern 2 #221
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Blizzard@2X #664
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Patterned Pale Orange Background #1314
Orange CC BY-SA 3.0You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Denim 3@2X #596
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
Polonez Pattern@2X #335
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Tessellation 10 #2547
Grid CC 0An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Subtle Website Background #1022
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Green & Hedge #1366
Green CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Leafy pattern 13 #1758
Dark CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Gold Scale #284
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Bamboo Background Pattern #1330
Green CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
Tex2res2@2X #720
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Light Toast #759
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
Soft Kill #318
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Rubber Grip@2X #102
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
Diamond pattern 2 (colour 6) #2261
Colorful CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Subtle Stripes@2X #752
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Floral background #1964
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin