New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from miutopia mug remixes on a tablecloth.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by DavidZydd
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A seamless web texture with illustration of pale color stains on canvas.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. 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 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
The image is a seamless pattern of a fishnet.
Source Yamachem
This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin