Don't count on fescue to fill in the bare spots. One seed grows one plant. That one plant expands a little in size and it moves by the process called tillering. Someday it will send out tillers over top of the soil to create new plants located as far away as 1/4 inch away from the original plant. That is almost sure to happen before the next ice age. Seriously, it does not happen quickly. If you see any tillering in the next 3 years, I'd be surprised. In the mean time your lawn will become overrun with crabgrass in the bare spots. Seed now.

1. 2 of the 8 cuttings that I transferred to cups and vermiculite had a very small amount of mold on one spot. I gave it a good wiping with a damp paper towel and continued. Is that ok or should I be throwing them out? Or separating from the others? You did fine, choosing only perlite to root in. Vermiculite is too water-retentive for my taste. I'd have dipped the cuttings for a minute or so in a 10% solution of unscented household bleach or a 10% solution of 3% H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) to eliminate mold concerns. As Al noted, F carica is a very genetically vigorous plant and very easy to root, as woody plants go. 2. How much should I be watering these since they are 100 percent perlite? I know the key is to keep them moist, but with all perlite they seemed to just drained 100% with little to no retention. Plants most effectively absorb moisture from the microscopically thin film of water on the surface of soil particles, and from water vapor trapped in soil pores, so you want your rooting medium to be damp - not wet ..... and you NEVER want your cutting stuck so deep that it is below the upper limit of any perched water your medium supports. Cuttings need gas exchange, too. You might consider screening & rinsing your perlite, and employing a wick at the bottom of your container. Damp, not wet or soggy is what you're striving for, and 80% humidity with some air movement is a worthy goal. 3. Do they need any sunlight at this point? I don't have them near a window. Technically, they don't need light to root, but the cutting WILL be able to carry on some degree of photosynthesis in the green stem tissues, which will contribute food to what is already stored in cambial tissues. Also, it's best to have any foliage that emerges preconditioned to the photo-intensity that will be the norm for the cuttings. I wouldn't have planned my adventure around the idea I was going to maintain these cuttings indoors for the winter. I'd have timed it so they struck at or just after last frost, so they could go outdoors. Root temps of 65-70* with air temps about 10* cooler are ideal for figs, and eliminate the bottom heat as soon as they strike. If I take fall cuttings, I bury them upside down to callus until figs/mulberry starts to leaf out in the landscape, then I dig them up and pot or plant. I get near 100% success every time, and don't have to fuss with them and watch them decline over the winter. There's soo much more that COULD be said ...... Any questions? Al

The only correct answer to your question will come straight from the mortar manufacturer not a collection of random online forum opinions. Sounds like you have already been doing that. It won't be any different here. Go to the source. Best

I'm not good at sewing so I googled how much yards of fabrics one has to use for one Euro sham https://findanyanswer.com/how-much-fabric-do-i-need-for-a-euro-sham#:~:text=This%20means%20that%20you%20require,the%20sham%20portion%20added%20in. so judging by that link-can take up to 4 yards of that fabric to make two shams. If you're doing the work yourself it's only fabric-if no, then of course you'll pay for labor as well. Not a lot in terms of saving. Also take into account it's dry clean only. To me would be a consideration. And I'm not the most change-your-bedding-often person out there. Gorgeous bedding, no doubt, in love with it myself. But many things to take into account. Now a bolster pilow will require less fabric I guess, and will be more decorative(I guess)-one can worry about it being dry clean only less. But in terms of pattern-might be a bit lost in a bolster shape. Their ready made sham is 375$ on their website. 319 $ on Overstock. Maybe to purcase only one? They also have smallish (14 by 14) pillow for 215$. Not sure about that, but as another way of introducing you favorite fabric for less.. I understand you falling in love with it. I'm always falling for the most expensive thing. In a store, online, whenever. Without knowing the price first. My remedy-either very small thing made by same designer/out of same fabric/etc. Or-to borrow from it its idea. Watercolor effect? Big florals? Luminescence? Hues you love? Or you can just buy it of course. Enormous sum of money ..yet they say it's a best seler in a very limited stock, so obvously there are enough people for whom it's not a huge conideration. Do ask about return policy if you're getting in touch with them. This set of theirs is pretty and washable..https://anngish.com/categories/597636/duvet-sets-dash-art-of-home/products/ysetdvsfq-ble/smokey-floral-duvet-set-dash-blue.. only it's 100% polyester, and to me a price still steep for polyester.. I'd do linen (my favorite fabric for bedding, even though cotton percale is great too)..try to find a coverlet that would double as a layer...add a pillow that's reminiscent of the bedding..or one Euro sham of theirs to know you have this exact bedding, only in small dosage.