The Bayeaux Tapestry is a long linen cloth with pictures of the Norman Invasion of England on it. The pictures were embroidered on the cloth by skilled craftswoman. They used needles and eight different coloured threads. The tapestry is very unusual because it has both pictures and writing. The cloth is 50cm high and about 70 metres wide. The tapestry was probably the idea of William the Conqueror's brother, Odo, who was Bishop of Bayeux. Bayeux is a town in Normandy. The Bayeux Tapestry can still be seen there.