From start to finish, it was women who oversaw all textile work. Embroidery, like you see here, was the most costly way of decorating cloth in the medieval period. Imagine women, protected by castle walls, sewing a record of history. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth that stretches to nearly the length of a football field. Into this huge length of fabric is stitched the events that happened from 1065 to 1066 when the Normans traveled in boats to make war with England. The center strip shows the action of the story. A lower strip shows creatures encountered on the journey, both real and imagined. This huge cloth was the treasured item of a conquering King. The Norman Fleet Lands at Pevensey, 1066 Canterbury, England
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