Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
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
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer