Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?
Source Pete Fecteau
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
CC0 and seamless wellington boot pattern.
Source SliverKnight
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
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
The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
Source Lazur URH
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin