I could never get mine to look even or neat so I just learned to do them by hand or a bound buttonhole & stuck with that when I had to do a buttonhole. Now, I do a one step buttonhole & have no fear of them as they look great especially when stabilized. I use scraps of my embroidery stabilizer for that purpose & recently bought an embroidery CD of buttonhole designs. Hey it was $19.95 instead of the usual $49.95 so I thought that I had a deal.
Marty
Brighten each corner where you are ... smile!