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
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
This is the remix of "Colorful Floral Pattern Background 3" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks.
Source Yamachem
Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable cork floor, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
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
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry