Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sometimes simple really is what you need, and this could fit you well.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC tileable cork floor, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo