Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable seed texture, edited by me to be seamless from a Pixabay image. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin