Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
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
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
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
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
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