The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
The original enhanced with some gradients.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
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
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Plywood Web Background background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
ZeroCC tileable mossy (lichen) stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
Source Firkin
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Star Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin