To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
The image depicts the Japanese Edo pattern called "seigaiha" or "青海波" meaning "blue -sea- wave".I hope it's suitable for the summer season.
Source Yamachem
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
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
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Orange-red pattern for tiled backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo