I agree and about the raw hem too. You can't win if you didn't finish it. Generally good sewing skills will win over amazing design skills but ideally you have to have both and the winner knew that and deliberately demonstrated out-of-comfort-zone design in the final task.

I was surprised no-one had done one of those buttonholes before though. I found them easier than the thread sort. Though I have discovered my sewing machine has a buttonhole foot and possibly they are easier with one of those. I am about to find out.