I use to leave it in the truck behind the seat until after he went to sleep I've done the coat sleeve and I always carried a BIG purse on serious shopping days depending on the spool count I could smuggle 8-10yds in that old purse The funny thing - He asked for a quilt for the couch out of the last sneaky fabric The jig was up it had been the family joke for years before he asked for his quilt And he called me sneaky