I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background texture that looks like a brown stone wall.
Source V. Hartikainen
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
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 heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
Source Lazur URH
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba