Miss Linda Smith, proprietor of Topstitch Boutique, is the featured seller this week at Etsy. Linda is also known for her jewelry lines Fleathers and Rabidfox.

What first made you want to become an artist?

Probably my first crayon, as soon as i figured out how to hold a drawing utensil I knew my purpose in life and from there on out I have always had to keep my hands busy. I used to sketch at the dinner table (drove my mother crazy) and would get in trouble at school for drawing on the desks. That was probably my first art show in first grade when Mrs. Kumar made the whole class walk around my table to see what I was so busy drawing, embarrassing yet exciting. My parents have always been very supportive of my passion for art. These days my productive pastimes are cutting up leather and small animals made of wax

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More info: Fleathers.com and Topstitch Blog