At first they are stiff and a little difficult to get on. If you will start in the center of your quilt and snap the left in right in the center then with your right hand bend the snapper up toward the ceiling and then use the heel of your left hand to snap them down it will help. It just takes using them a few times to get them loosened up. Don't give up I think you will like them once you get used to them. They are time savers