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build a crematorium and burn the "bad" stuff. problem solved.
(of course, you won't be able to sell the stuff this way)
or use the armor/cloth deconstruction mod. there is one, I just can't remember it's name at the moment.

Yes, I did try getting rid of the really crappy stuff in my crematorium for this reason, but I prefer to keep it around not only for selling, but as backup "better than nothing" option for my colonists.

Basically, I want to tell my tailor(s) "yeah I know we have enough 'adequate' clothes, but keep producing until we have enough 'good' clothes to go around."  My personal preference is to micromanage as little as possible, I'm finding I enjoy this game the most when I can tell my colonists at a high level what I want them to achieve/prioritize, and otherwise let them do their own thing.

I appreciate the suggestions, but I'll probably stick with vanilla un-modded at LEAST until the game comes out of alpha.

(edit: ooh, if there's a new recycle option in vanilla it sounds like that could come close to accomplishing what I want)
(edit2: oops, misread that earlier post, I see Recycle is a mod.  In any case, I initially expected behaviour to be as OP did, i.e. bill not complete until conditions on bill screen are met)

Yeah, I find current behaviour annoying as well.

A similar case is with my tailor -- I want them to keep producing clothes until they have e.g. 10 pairs of pants of normal or better quality, with 50% or more HP, but they'll stop producing as long as I have 10 pairs of ANY quality.