A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
Source Firkin
This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
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
To get the repeating unit, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
Source Firkin
Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH