This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
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 background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ