Making a repeating/seamless pattern

I need to generate a repeating/seamless background from a logo. But I am having trouble doing it due to the complexity of the placement of the pattern. Wonder if anyone could shed some light on how to make this into a repeating pattern.
Example (I manually put this together)
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/944/bgrdlogorepeat.jpg
Any input, links to resources or advice greatly appreciated.

There are helpful explanations in a blog post at http://blog.lynda.com/2011/04/26/dekes-techniques-17-creating-a-seamlessly-repeating-patte rn/ and even a movie from Deke McClelland:

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