On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Matthew Groves wrote:

>I would put crib-making in the same category as an
>extravagantly embroidered childs outfit, size 00.
>
>You can make a good one, a great one, but it's an item
>used so relatively infrequently and for such a short time.
>
>To benefit from your workmanship and design, I would
>ask if a substitute item could be made instead. Something
>that could be used for decades and beyond.

I was baptized in an embroidered christening gown that my grandfather and
mother and my daughters and many aunts, uncles and cousins were baptized in
and then I slept in a bassinet that my other grandfather built for me
(first grandchild on both sides) and it was used by my brother and two
cousins and my daughters and my cousins children.  Those days may be coming
to an end, but these things can and do get passed down.  Just this weekend
I finally regained possession of my great-great grandfather's anvil.  Maybe
I come from a family of hoarders.  That would explain a lot of things!

If and when my daughters have children, I think I would like to make
rocking chairs for them as some on this list have done in the past.

Brian Welch
Holden, MA