A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
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 pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Alternative colour scheme to the original.
Source Firkin
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
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
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen