frannella

I was pressing my quilt top on a work table and placed my iron on the carpeted floor so I could rearrange the top on the table. When I bent over to pick up the iron, I tipped it over briefly, immediately picked it up, and resumed ironing. I didn't really inspect the iron but the sole plate looked clean. However, I think some of the poly fibers in the carpet melted on the edge of the sole plate and transferred to my while background and a mitred yellow border strip.

I can't cover or replace the white background fabric without remaking the entire quilt but I can replace the border strip, with a lot of effort. Any suggestions as to what I can do to remove or minimize the poly residue melted onto the fabric? I wasn't sure dry cleaners would know what to do or if their fix might make things worse. Thanks.