Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Zero CC tileable Crackled Cement (streaks) texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler