freesewing/LATEST_NEWS.md

##### Subscribe to our newsletter (yes, we have one now)

We have decided to start a newsletter, so you should subscribe to it.

 - If you have an account on the site, head over to [/account/settings/newsletter](https://freesewing.org/account/settings/newsletter/).  

 - If not, you can still subscribe at [/community/newsletter/](https://freesewing.org/community/newsletter/).


##### Next contributor call on 6 March

The next contributor call is on [6 March 2021](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/issues/878).

All calls can be joined via [meet.freesewing.org](https://meet.freesewing.org/). 
Notes and todos are [available on Github](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Afscc).


##### COVID-19 face mask pattern

Keep those mask on people, and make sure to make your own so we can
leave the PPE for the frontline workers.

Our [face mask pattern](/blog/facemask-frenzy) is recommended by 
[the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opinion/coronavirus-n95-mask.html),
[Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2020/03/20/calling-all-people-who-sew-and-make-you-can-help-solve-2020-n95-type-mask-shortage/),
[Make Magazine](https://makezine.com/projects/sew-your-own-face-mask-from-scratch/),
and countless of others.