Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin
Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
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
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
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)
Source V. Hartikainen
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This one is something special. I’d call it a flat pattern, too. Very well done, sir!
Source GetDiscount
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
The texture of this background image has some similarities with leather, and it's colored in a dark brown color. So, if you are looking for a dark brown background image for your website, this may be an option for you.
Source V. Hartikainen