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
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
Source Lazur URH
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8
Source GDJ
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
Source Firkin
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media