Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
I love the movie Pineapple Express, and I’m also liking this Pineapple right here.
Source Audee Mirza
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin