A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Sounds like something from World of Warcraft. Has to be good.
Source Tony Kinard
Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.
Source V. Hartikainen
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
The texture of this background image has some similarities with leather, and it's colored in a dark brown color. So, if you are looking for a dark brown background image for your website, this may be an option for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen