More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
The starting point for this was drawn on the web site steamcoded.org/PolyskelionMaker.svg
Source Firkin
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
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
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated