Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
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
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
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
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Use shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape to get the tile this is based on
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background
Source GDJ
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
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin