From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from miutopia's cakes on a tablecloth.
Source Firkin
This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca