I'm totally stumped by this one. Where I expect to see seams there appear to be none. For example, where are the seams that should be visible between the chevrons? If it was appliquéd seems like the chevrons wouldn't have been pieced unless the quilter is trying to trick us into believing it's all pieced together.

Maybe it's really appliquéd but the quilter used some charms and had to piece some of them together.