By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin