From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
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Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
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Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
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.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
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Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Seamless pattern made from a tile that can be obtained in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
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This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
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Here's an yet another seamless note paper texture for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin