Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
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
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Looks like an old wall. I guess that’s it then?
Source Viahorizon
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo
A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin