Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Remixed from a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
The image a seamless pattern derived from a weed which I can't identify.The original weed image is from here:https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301423641/
Source Yamachem
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin