Starring@2X #586
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you need stars, this is the one to get.

Source Agus Riyadi

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Background pattern 214 (colour 4) #2373
 Yellow  CC 0

A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.

Source Firkin

Paper 2@2X #22
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 #453
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2

Source GDJ

Flower pattern 2 #160
 Noise  CC 0

With a gold filter.

Source Lazur URH

Dark Brown Wood Background (Tile-able) #886
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.

Source V. Hartikainen

Retro Circles Background 6@2X #429
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 6

Source GDJ

Background pattern 5 #224
 Noise  CC 0

A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background #449
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background

Source GDJ

Pattern generator #161
 Noise  CC 0

A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.

Source Lazur URH

Stripy checkerboard pattern 2 #1767
 Dark  CC 0

Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts

Source Firkin

Floral background 2@2X #430
 Wall  CC 0

Background formed from the original with an emboss effect

Source GDJ

Mosaic Gems Background #526
 Noise  CC 0

Mosaic Gems Background

Source GDJ

Decorative divider 274 #1922
 Dark  CC 0

Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.

Source Firkin

Retina Wood@2X #924
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.

Source Atle Mo