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
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
Here's a seamless brown cork board background texture. Feel free to download or reshare if you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
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 seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
The starting point for this was drawn on the web site steamcoded.org/PolyskelionMaker.svg
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
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