Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A green background pattern with warped vertical stripes and a grunge look.
Source V. Hartikainen
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern the basic tile for which can be had 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
Zero CC tileable ground cracked, crackled, texture, made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin