45-Degree Fabric #1
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.

Source Atle Mo

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Background pattern 315 (colour 4) #1842
 Colorful  CC 0

The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Pattern generator #161
 Noise  CC 0

A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.

Source Lazur URH

Stucco@2X #295
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski

Wallpaper Tile 13 #240
 Light  CC 0

An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.

Source TikiGiki

Sports car pattern #2442
 Red  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Background pattern 226 (colour 3) #2318
 Colorful  CC 0

A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Fabric pattern 3 (colour 3) #2385
 Fabric  CC 0

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

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background@2X #570
 Light  CC 0

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ