Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
You just can’t get enough of the fabric patterns, so here is one more for your collection.
Source Krisp Designs
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo