Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
Source Firkin
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
This is the remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".The image depicts a seamless pattern of the front upper part of Japanese five yen coin which is used currently.This design represents a rice with ripe golden ears.
Source Yamachem
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry