Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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 cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen