From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
This background pattern has futuristic look. So, maybe it could be used on websites or blogs dedicated to video games?!
Source V. Hartikainen
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
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
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
The image is a design of blue glass.How about using it as background image?
Source Yamachem