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
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "geometrical pattern 01".
Source Yamachem
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by susanlu4esm
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
Not strictly seamless in that opposite edges are not identical. But they do marry up to make an interesting pattern
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
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From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin