As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Zero CC tileable dry grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
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
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin