I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
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
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
The image is a seamless pattern of a fishnet.
Source Yamachem
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
I scanned a paper coffee cup. You know, in case you need it.
Source Atle Mo
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo