One week and it's Easter already. Thought I would revisit the decorated egg contest at inkscape community: http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=118.0
Source Lazur URH
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić