Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a fishnet with a plenty of fish.It may be a lucky charm for fishermen.
Source Yamachem
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background texture that looks like a brown stone wall.
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
This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Square design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin