I have a pair of spring loaded snips that I used for the one & only rag quilt I ever made. I've used those snips for other things too & they work really well. Mine did not come from Lowe's but I see that Lowe's are a lot less expensive than JoAnn's. I think I got mine at Walmart many, many years ago & don't know what I paid for them but I know it wasn't the $35-$50 price range that JA sells them for.