A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.
Source Marquis
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
Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
This is the remix of "plant pattern 02".I changed the object color to white and the BG to purple.The image a seamless pattern derived from a weed which I can't identify.The original weed image is from here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301423641/
Source Yamachem
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
A free seamless background texture that looks like a brown stone wall.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ