God's Love Hugs

By Maxine Brayshaw and Geoff Brayshaw

The Joy of Creativity with a Message

Maxine has been a creative arts and craft person for many years, turning her hand to many and varied forms of artistic creation, from pottery to quilting, from sewing to embroidery, from practical to ornamental.

Maxine made her first quilt some 40 years ago, its purpose very much of the practical

• Language: English
• Publisher: Linellen Press
• Release date: Feb 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781922343673

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Contents

Contents

About Maxine

Years of quilt making

Amazing God

Life of an evangelist

Turning seventy

Thanking carers

Comfort quilt

Swallows come

God knows every need

Lord’s timing

A love hug

Inspired to give

Footsteps

Fruit of the Spirit

Psalm 23

African memories

South African roses

A tree of hope

A quilt that speaks

Being led

Through trials

God wraps presents

Blessing babies

The path and the door

Living stones

Living waters

God knows all things

Personalised gifts

Help from the Lord

Making old things new

Keep going

Replacement

Joyful and strong

A quiet achiever

Pouring out

Ask the Lord

True colours

God incident

A family’s quilt

Passing on the baton

A quilt’s story (by Maya)

Beyond quilt making (by Maya)

About Maxine

Over many years I have had fun creating something from ‘nothing’, using what God has provided. Materials just appeared to come my way, inspiring me with colours and patterns I would never have chosen, but which broadened my abilities and therefore the quilt patterns that emerged.

I want to use my time and energy to bless others. Giving a surprise to someone awesome. In this modern world of ours, it does not happen much.

God keeps blessing me to bless others to whom He wants to show His love.

The Bible mentions a lady who had blessed many