From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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.
Source Firkin
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
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 light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen