Inflicted #117
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.

Source Hugo Loning

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Random Grey Variations@2X #70
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Graphene pattern 1 #2235
 Dark  CC 0

Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 226 (colour 6) #2316
 Pink  CC 0

A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 224 (colour 3) #2340
 Colorful  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Retro Squares Background 7 #397
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 7

Source GDJ

Background pattern 290 #1932
 Dark  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

"Green Rhombuses", Seamless Background Pattern #1336
 Green  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free green background pattern with a pattern of rhombuses on a seamless texture. Feel free to use it as a tiled background image on your web site.

Source V. Hartikainen

Fabric pattern 3 (colour 2) #2386
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Felt #300
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.

Source Atle Mo

Easter egg 1 #159
 Light  CC 0

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

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 #461
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Background pattern purple #1998
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Gun Metal #360
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?

Source Nikolay Boltachev

Colorful Floral Background 3 #483
 Dark  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background 3

Source GDJ