From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
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
A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Fix side and a seamless pattern formed from circles.
Source SliverKnight
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
ZeroCC tileable mossy (lichen) stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso