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 free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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 following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
This is the remix of "plant pattern 02".I changed the object color to white and the BG to purple.The image a seamless pattern derived from a weed which I can't identify.The original weed image is from here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301423641/
Source Yamachem
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
This is the remix of "Colorful Floral Pattern Background 3" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks.
Source Yamachem