A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Square design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
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
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
A seamless background pattern with impressed gray dots.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
Source Firkin
Heavily remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Retro Circles Background 7 No Black
Source GDJ
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin