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 seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO