It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
A lot of people like the icon patterns, so here’s one for your restaurant blog.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.
Source Lazur URH
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
This is the remix of "Background pattern 115" uploaded by "Firkin".Thanks.
Source Yamachem
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin