Beauty and a beast of a mess

I clean the lint trap on the dryer with each load. With furry critters and the dust that invades every crevice here, it's necessary. So a couple of days ago, this is what I found.

Instantly I thought how pretty. It was a lovely design for a sweater, I thought.  I'd apparently washed a disposable tissue. It just made me realize how you can find beauty anywhere, even in a lint trap.

The fast forward a few days and I thought I needed to wash my quilt top. I cried when it came out. One strip is disintegrated and the whole border is missing at least a quarter inch. I could barely see where I was trimming because my eyes were so wet. The dryer just buzzed so I'll see how bad the damage is now that it's dry.  More tissues are on standby.  If it's bad, I'm not sure I can bear to snap a picture.