Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
The image is a seamless pattern which is derived from a vine .Consequently, the vine got like dots via vectorization.The original vine is here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301410188/
Source Yamachem
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
This is a seamless pattern which is derived from a flower petal image.
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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 pattern formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
A free green background pattern with a pattern of rhombuses on a seamless texture. Feel free to use it as a tiled background image on your web site.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin