Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background
Source GDJ
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
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
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
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 grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
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
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The image is a seamless pattern of a fishnet.
Source Yamachem
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
A background tile for web with abstract repeating texture of dark "stone wall".
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin