Flower Trail@2X #742
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
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Gray Lines@2X #914
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Floral background 21 #1785
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black #451
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Beige Paper #83
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
Light Paper Fibers #835
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Tactile Noise@2X #6
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Fabric 1 #9
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background #553
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Noisy Net@2X #977
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Decorative divider 223 #2207
Dark CC 0Inspired by a design found in 'Konstantinápolyi emlékeim', Miklos Chriszto, 1893.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 229 #2305
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 287 #1821
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Bamboo Background Pattern #1330
Green CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
Geometric pattern 7 #1929
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 336 #1721
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 234 (colour 2) #2258
Green CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Cork Panel Background Texture #869
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Tire@2X #704
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Background pattern 248 #2181
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin