Original minus the background
Source Firkin
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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
One week and it's Easter already. Thought I would revisit the decorated egg contest at inkscape community: http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=118.0
Source Lazur URH
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
It’s big, it’s gradient—and it’s square.
Source Brankic1979
The image depicts a seamless pattern of pine tree leaves.
Source Yamachem
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Mostly just mucked about with the colours and made one of the paths in the lead frame opaque. The glass remains transparent.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
CC0 remixed from a drawing. Walter Crane, 1914, Firkin.
Source SliverKnight