Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
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
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by DavidZydd
Source Firkin
Use shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape to get the tile this is based on
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer