You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Remixed 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
The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a Japanese family crest called "chidori" in Japanese .A chidori in Japanese means a plover in English.
Source Yamachem
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
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 very dark asfalt pattern based off of a photo taken with my iPhone.
Source Atle Mo
One week and it's Easter already. Thought I would revisit the decorated egg contest at inkscape community: http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=118.0
Source Lazur URH
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin