I have a little pair of nice sharp scissors I bought at the flea market. Cost me $2.00 There was a guy there selling all sorts of scissors and stuff. Saw these little babys and figured for $2, why not? I've had them for about 10 years and they are still as sharp as ever and the guy still sells them for $2. lol
I've seen applique scissors at Walmart for about $10...that's not a bad price.
I don't agree with the saying...the nicer the tools, the nicer the work. You can have the not nicest tools and still have nice work...example.....cheap Singer Sewing machine vs Pfaff or Viking. Yes, the Pfaff and Viking are much nicer, but are you going to get better work out of them? Maybe on some stitches, but you can still put out some awesome work on that cheap little Singer.