In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
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
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile based on a jpg on Pixabay. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable brick texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso