More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
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.
Source Firkin
This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
ZeroCC tileabel stone granite texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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 subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Similar to original, but without gaps in between the arrows. This seamless pattern was created from a rectangular tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin