Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen
A tile-able background for websites with paper-like texture and a grid pattern layered on top of it.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin