A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
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
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
This background pattern has futuristic look. So, maybe it could be used on websites or blogs dedicated to video games?!
Source V. Hartikainen
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova