To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
Source Lazur URH
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
Used the 6th circle pattern designed by Viscious-Speed to create a print that can be used for card making or scrapbooking. Save as a PDF file for the best printing option.
Source Lovinglf
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
White little knobs, coming in at 10x10px. Sweet!
Source Amos
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH