This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable beechwood wood texture, generated in Neo Texture Edit by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Here is a new seamless wood texture for using as blog or website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
Source Firkin
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett