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
The image is a seamless pattern which is derived from a vine .Consequently, the vine got like dots via vectorization.The original vine is here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301410188/
Source Yamachem
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A green background pattern with warped vertical stripes and a grunge look.
Source V. Hartikainen
A new one called white wall, not by me this time.
Source Yuji Honzawa
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
One week and it's Easter already. Thought I would revisit the decorated egg contest at inkscape community: http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=118.0
Source Lazur URH
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin