From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by starchim01
Source Firkin
Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
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
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox