You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
This one is something special. I’d call it a flat pattern, too. Very well done, sir!
Source GetDiscount
The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
This is a seamless pattern which is derived from a flower petal image.
Source Yamachem
The image is a design of blue glass.How about using it as background image?
Source Yamachem
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
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
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin