Background pattern 232 #2297
 Dark  CC 0

Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.

Source Firkin

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Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black #485
 Light  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black

Source GDJ

Fabric pattern 2 (colour 5) #2392
 Fabric  CC 0

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

Green Fibers@2X #92
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.

Source Matteo Di Capua

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

60º lines #25
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Dots Background 5 #509
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 5

Source GDJ

Background pattern 336 #1721
 Pink  CC 0

Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.

Source Firkin

Diagonal Noise@2X #182
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.

Source Christopher Burton

Washi@2X #289
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!

Source Carolynne

Background pattern 2 #221
 Noise  CC 0

A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 267 #2067
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'An Index to Deering's Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova', Rupert Chicken, 1899. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i

Source Firkin

Background pattern green #1944
 Green  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Seamless Core Pattern 4 #168
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Seamless Core Pattern 4

Source GDJ

Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background #391
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Retro Circles Background 5@2X #425
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 5

Source GDJ

Fabric pattern (colour 2) #2401
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative colour scheme. 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