A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A background pattern with green vertical stripes. A new striped background pattern. This time a green one.
Source V. Hartikainen
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
Sometimes simple really is what you need, and this could fit you well.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
Source Firkin
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin