A seamless tessellation pattern. To get the tile this is formed from, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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
Seamless Light Background Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Watercolor Vintage style CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Pattern formed from simple shapes. Black version.
Source Firkin
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A dark brown fabric-like background texture with seamless pattern of winding stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
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
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim