Hi there

Try to do this that what I had got these information from a book about dye removed from clothing
Saturate spot with lemon juice and brush in sufficient ( cornstarch) to make a thick past. When dry brush off and wash as usual
If unsuccessful, try bleaching the white with ordinary bleach and add a little ammonia to the rinse water.

It must have been Coats and Clark floss. I had a problem with it and was never able to fully remove the stain.
I don't have a clue on how to remove it but would not use the methods that miss cross stitch suggests. It could make the floss run/bleed even more. Do not use chlorine type products and ammonia together. It will cause a chemical reaction harmful to humans and animals. You cannot partially bleach an area unless you use the Clorox pen and then you have to be very careful not to get it onto other areas.
Harsh as it sounds but sometimes we just have to bite the bullet and throw it out. Sorry about your problem. I know how hard it is after investing countless hours into a project.

Listen to Texas Stitcher NOT Miss Crossstitch!! Do not use either bleach or ammonia on your fabric. You would only be asking for disaster. Like it or not I agree you might have to "bite the bullet" and toss it out. I know I have had to do that. I didn't want to but there was nothing I could do for it. Sorry.

I've had 2 incidents. An overdye I forgot I'd used faded when washed. But I liked the new color much better. The other incident was worse. A violet overdye ran into the fabric. I has told to boil the piece to bring it above the dye setting, then rinse it a lot in cold water. It mostly removed the stain from the fabric, but a faint trace remained -- or it did so in my mind.

There is a product made by Shout that is called Color Catcher. It is a sheet that you put in your washing machine when you have had color run on say white clothes. I would not recommend putting your cross stitch material with this sheet in the washing machine, but I am wondering if you soaked your material in cold water with this sheet if it still would absorb the "run color" or not. I have not tried it so I can not speak from experience. I found it in the grocery store in the laundry aisle. If you do try it, would be interested in how it worked. My sister who does quilting was told about this product and her teacher said it worked. Good luck.

Thank you so much for all your suggestions. I called my sister tonight and read them to her and she's going to give some thought to which one she'll try. She said she'd let us know if she tries one of them. I didn't know that the picture had already been framed. Apparently the pink isn't terribly noticeable but she knows it's there and that's the problem. She thinks maybe she can talk herself into thinking it's that first pink of sunrise.

Thanks again.

I agree with justyakin, use the color catcher from Scotts. If that don't work, I'm all out of ideas.

I am a Manager of Environmental Safety and Health with OSHA and I do know safety. DO NOT MIX AMMONIA AND BLEACH TOGETHER!!! It is HARMFUL to your lungs and skin.

Miss Crossstitch - I hope you are not mixing these two powerful chemicals together. It's very bad and will hurt you and your loved ones and pets. Just the odor by itself will hurt you and your family and your animals. DON'T DO IT ANYMORE.

I've seen the commercials for the Color Catcher but thought it is used to prevent colors from running, not to remove any booboos. It's worth a try that's for sure. It's really too bad when these things happen. I've heard and read that certain colors should be pre-washed but who wants to go through all the trouble. When I get a new project I want to start on it right away. I can truly say that I've never had a problem with DMC or Anchor. I used Anchor exclusively while in Germany because that's what the few remaining shops liked to sell. Anchor was much more expensive and I guess it improved their profit margin. I've since switched back to DMC.
Good luck!

Oh, here is a thought, is there any way that the entire cloth could be stained by maybe placing it in water with a few strands of the color that ran? Of course it's a gamble because it could also stain other colors. Can you stitch over it by adding some element. I don't know what the picture looks like but flowers or landscapes can sometimes be "fixed".