Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
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
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
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Otis Ray Redding was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. So you know.
Source Thomas Myrman
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC Mossy stone tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
Prismatic 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 6
Source GDJ
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
The image depicts a seamless pattern of the design which includes a stylized lotus and a stylized crane.I referred to the original image in a book which is into public domain.
Source Yamachem
A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.
Source Etienne Rallion
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ