From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
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
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Zero CC Mossy stone tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
I guess this one is inspired by an office. A dark office.
Source Andrés Rigo.
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin