Inspired by a pattern found in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This background image has seamless texture that resembles a surface of gray stone.
Source V. Hartikainen
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
This pattern comes in orange, and it looks as if it is "made of glass".
Source V. Hartikainen
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, 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
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin