I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
Black & white version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Basket Fibers, Basket Texture, Braid Background style CC0 texture.
Source 1A-Photoshop
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper