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
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin