A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.
Source Yamachem
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
To get the tile this is based on 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
It’s big, it’s gradient—and it’s square.
Source Brankic1979
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10
Source GDJ
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