A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Blue Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by pugmom40
Source Firkin
A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.
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
Adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Anerma.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
A textured orange background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
ZeroCC tileable mossy (lichen) stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso