Small, home-based industries have ...

Small, home-based industries have drawn out been a part of the commercial landscape of the Bellingham area. single in kind of the more colorful of these enterprises was Barber's Hand Weaving workshop which achieved surprising national succes in the 1950 with uniquely patterned hand woven skirts and other woven clerical profession products.

The famous dirndl or peasant phraseology "Barber Skirt" became a part of the fashion direction that included poodle skirts, and brought national attention to the small industry making them in Bellingham.

Weaving began as a nag in 1926 for Bellingham residents Ethel Barber, a teacher at Marietta academy and her ...