Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
A nice looking light gray background pattern with diagonal stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable hard cover green book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin