Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!
Source Dertig Media
This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.
Source Caveman