Thank you all so much...I told her I would try, now maybe I can actually get it done!

Yeah, the hairspray them make now doesn't remove it like the older cheap stuff used too... :D:D:D

ditto on the hairspray aresol works best used to use it on my nurses aid uniform pockets wash as usual after

Alcohol has always worked for me. Just put layers of paper towels underneath, and replace them frequently, don't freak out when it spreads a little, then blot, blot, blot. Then I always put Lestoil on it and wash it, but it is hard to find Lestoil any more, so I also have used color safe bleach when I wash it.

Alcohol has worked for me but I think it depends on how severe the ink blot is.

An applique?

Maybe the cook will trade aprons??

If all else fails, a pair of scissors!

Yep, rubbing alcohol. I'm a lab tech and part of my job is staining blood smears with dark purple, blue and or red stains. They WILL NOT wash out. One time I dropped the bottle of crystal violet (dark dark purple)and it splashed all over my beige pants. Alcohol got it out, no problem. Never left a mark. :)

I have used strong solution of oxyclean in hot water & let it soak. A couple of years ago I had a piece of silk chamause - white at that - someone used black magic marker on it. Did this solution, kept working at it & also left it just soak for 24 hrs. Yeah it all came out.

Hair spray is great, however, my grandson (when he was about 5) marked all his "collector" nascars with permanent pen. I used Avon's Skin So Soft. Took it right out. Don't know if it will work on fabric. Skin So Soft is an amazing product. If you Google it you can find tons of uses for it. Good luck.

carbona makes a formula specific for ink, if these other suggestions don't work for you.

Might also try acetone(as in nail polish remover) to get out a lot of the ink, then the alcohol/hairspray.