Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A floral background formed from numerous clones of flower 117.
Source Firkin
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Zero CC tileable hard cover cells, skin like, book texture. 4K, Scanned and made by me CC0
Source Sojan Janso
I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin