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
Plywood Web Background background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Run a restaurant blog? Here you go. Done.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with a unit cell drawn as a bitmap in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless design of flowers remixed from a jpg on Pixabay by Prawny.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin