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
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
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
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by DavidZydd
Source Firkin
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
This pattern comes in orange, and it looks as if it is "made of glass".
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
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
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin