From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Zero CC asphalt, pavement, texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 WARNING I FOUND A SEAM ON THIS TEXTURE
Source Sojan Janso
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
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
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
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
Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
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