Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
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A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
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From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
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From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
A repeatable image with dark background and metal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
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Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo