This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
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
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
The starting point for this was drawn on the web site steamcoded.org/PolyskelionMaker.svg
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Element of beach pattern with background.
Source Rones
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse
Source GDJ
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 free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler