Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
A free green background pattern with a pattern of rhombuses on a seamless texture. Feel free to use it as a tiled background image on your web site.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
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 an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse
Source GDJ
Spice up your next school project with this icon background.
Source Swetha
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen