From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
The image depicts a seamless pattern which includes hexagonally-aligned gourds with BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
The image depicts a seamless pattern of the design which includes a stylized lotus and a stylized crane.I referred to the original image in a book which is into public domain.
Source Yamachem
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
This is the remix of an OCAL clipart called "Rain on Window" uploaded by "pagarmidna".Thanks.This is a seamless pattern of raindrops.
Source Yamachem
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
A leather pattern with a hint of yellow.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin