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
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Orange-red pattern for tiled backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, white Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
This is the remix of an OCAL clipart called "Art Nouveau ornament" uploaded by "microcosme".Thanks.This is a seamless pattern of an Art Nouveau ornament.
Source Yamachem
Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.
Source Etienne Rallion
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
The image depicts a tiled seamless pattern.The tile represents four leaves aligned every 90 ° , which may look like a bird or a dragon .The original leaf design is from a Japanese old book.
Source Yamachem
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen