Warm welcome, Kelli. I would put your fuchsias in the ground with a good mulch. Fall is my preferable time to plant just about anything, it gives them a good couple months to settle their roots in before they go dormant, and then they are ready to go in the spring. Mark them well, because hardy fuchsias are really late to emerge in spring - I often think I've lost mine then they pop up much later than anything else. I'm further north than you - about an hour from Seattle.