From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeatable image with dark background and metal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A very dark asfalt pattern based off of a photo taken with my iPhone.
Source Atle Mo
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
A nice looking light gray background pattern with diagonal stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso