In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
The image depicts the Japanese Edo pattern called "seigaiha" or "青海波" meaning "blue -sea- wave".I hope it's suitable for the summer season.
Source Yamachem
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "flower seamless pattern".I rotated the original image by 90 degrees.This is a seamless pattern of flowers.These horizontal wavy lines are one of Edo patterns which is called "tatewaku or tachiwaku or 立湧" that represents uprising steam or vapor.
Source Yamachem
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?
Source Pete Fecteau
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme to the original.
Source Firkin