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
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin