LIDL Sewing Machine (EDITED) sorry !!

alanwjones

I hope that this is in the correct forum.

My wife has inherited a brand new sewing machine,The problem is that there is no instruction manual, I am hoping that someone on here knows something about this model It is a VICTORIA make and was on offer in Aldi stores about two years ago for about £70-£80, Any information as to how to obtain an user manual would be appreciated. Thanks. Alan.
Edit.
I have now been informed that it was LIDL and not aldi.

lday77

I think you would struggle to find a manual online, I haven't heard of a 'Victoria' sewing machine, what you might find is that it is actually made by another company so if you can find a machine that looks similar the changes are they are probably the same, with only minor differences.

What is your wife struggling with specifically, as I think the cheap one's in LIDL/AlDI were fairly basic models it should be pretty straight forward.

I should be able to help with most problems if you need a hand setting up etc.

alanwjones

Thanks for the reply, this machine arrived here brand new minus box and manual, presently she has an old Singer, this new one has all the different stitches etc, and she's at a loss as to where to start, I thought that some moneysaver on this forum just might have bought one at that price and there would have been a manual about somewhere ! Alan

jennifernil

I bought a sewing machine for my daughter from Lidl last November, but it was only a £40 one. Not sure what the make/model is but I can check tomorrow and get back to you. It has loads of fancy stitches on it and automatic buttonholes, it is really pretty good! I sat down with the instruction book and tried it all out before deciding whether to keep it for her.
For the money it is very good value. I have a 36 year old Husqvarna machine that has similar features and it was £200 when new!

alanwjones

Thanks.
Sounds like it could be the same, I wasn't sure of price etc, the machine we had still has the original piece of sample material that came with it new, I look forward to hearing from you, Alan.

uncle_buck_3

jennifernil wrote:

I bought a sewing machine for my daughter from Lidl last November, but it was only a £40 one. Not sure what the make/model is but I can check tomorrow and get back to you. It has loads of fancy stitches on it and automatic buttonholes, it is really pretty good!....

Mrs uncle_ buck has one of them sewing machines….its a Lervia KH4000, we have the instruction manual.

@ Alan
Is this the machine you have?

Ub.

lday77

Hi

Just in case you don't get any manuals here's a couple of tips:

1. When threading up new machines they are all fairly similar and most now have little arrows print on the machines to show you where the thread goes

2. Make sure the thread in the bobbin (when placed in the bobbin holder) turns anti-clockwise.

3. Most machines have two dials, one is for the length of the stitch and the other is for the type of stitch.

The best thing to do is get a 10inch square of cotton fold it over once and just practice doing lines up and down and change the settings as you go this will let you see and have a record of what the machine is capable of and what the stitched look like

I studied machine embroidery for three years and have one of the computerised Janome's it was quite a bit to get to grips with but I love it now.

meadowcat

Have you been able to get the instructions for this yet? If not, you can download here.

http://www.kompernass.com/pages/index.php?page=1,3,1,1&brand=lervia

I bought one of these machines for my daughter and I have just found the instruction book. The one I got looks slightly different to the one at the above web address, but I think the functions are the same.

The settings are all colour coded, i.e., blue, green and red. So if you are using a stitch in the blue section then the stitch length should be in the blue range. The green stitches are stretch type and the red is a buttonhole and again you need to use a stitch length in the green or red area when using those stitches. For a straight stitch in either blue or green, just turn the stitch width to zero.

alanwjones

THANKS. Thank you all for your help, we've been looking for this for several months and were just about giving up on ever being able to use the machine, I'll be in the wifes good books for a bit now !! :beer:

jennifernil

Hi there, have you got what you need? The one we have is a Lervia 564. If you need instruction book I can e-mail it to you.

badgerbouy

jennifernil wrote: »

Hi there, have you got what you need? The one we have is a Lervia 564. If you need instruction book I can e-mail it to you.

hi i'm new to this game
my wife has a lervia 564, but alas new instruction book, could you please email the instruction book.
many thanks