The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
emixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kyotime
Source Firkin
Remixed 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
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH