A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
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
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
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
ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
A nice and simple white rotated tile pattern.
Source Another One
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Seamless tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin