By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
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
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Seamless pattern inspired by a drawing on Pixabay. To get the tile this is formed from, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett